263The Barber's Shop, ChelseaMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.139 State: 1/2 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 166 x 240 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 163 x 240 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid, fleck and fibres |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light even tone |
| Note on foul biting: | a few dots across the centre |
| Print note: | scratch across foreground, good straightforward impression, not rich |
| 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: | see below |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st proof -' and butterfly |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | very small tab, pencil butterfly possibly 1890s, tab 186-195 < left |
| 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: | Museum records |
| ID: | K2710107 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.