Butcher's Shop, Sandwich, Kent | ||
Number: | 320 | |
Date: | 1887 | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
Size: | 67 x 99 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly above centre | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 1 | |
Known impressions: | 3 | |
Catalogues: | K.308; M.303 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (3) |
PUBLICATION
Butcher's Shop, Sandwich, Kent was never published.
EXHIBITIONS
It was first shown by the print dealers H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1898. Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) lent an impression to an exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900 (). 8
It also appeared in Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death. One was lent by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) to the Grolier Club in New York in 1904 (), and another was shown in London in the following year. 9
It also appeared in Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death. One was lent by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) to the Grolier Club in New York in 1904 (), and another was shown in London in the following year. 9
8: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 281). See REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
9: New York 1904a (cat. no. 300); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 273).
SALES & COLLECTORS
The only sales recorded are to H. Wunderlich & Co. Whistler sold them one impression on 6 April 1891 (), which went to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), and eventually to the Library of Congress. Wunderlich's bought another in 1899 at the low price of £3.3.0. 10
This may have been bought by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) (). Freer also bought his impression from Wunderlich's, but not until 1903 ().
10: GUW #13097; Wunderlich & Co. to Whistler, 24 March1899, Report of Sales, #07305.