263The Barber's Shop, ChelseaFitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeAccession no: P.84-1959 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK |
| Provenance: | Guy John Fenton Knowles (1879-1959); bequeathed to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, April 1959. |
| Paper size: | 168 x 239 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 165 x 239 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Strasbourg lily, partial, top only |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone. |
| Note on foul biting: | a few flecks and dots. |
| Print note: | A diagonal \ printer's crease starting at the bottom edge to right of centre; light, delicate impression in warm black ink, looking brown on that paper. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | signs in window and door on left: 'HAIR CUTTING & SHAVING', 'CUT / 3', 'HAIR / CUT / 2', on the poster advertising a newspaper: 'FRED CARLOS' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | butterfly of 1889/1890s. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | WEP |
| ID: | K2710106 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.