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Description: | Royal (1) s. in plate with butterfly; c.l.
(2) s. with butterfly on tab and inscr. "imp"
(3) Watermark; "PA"
(4) inscr. in pencil; v. with a clover leaf in a circle CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) Spitalfields and Houndsditch, in the East End of London, were at the heart of the used clothing district in Whistler?s lifetime. The picturesque image of the many rags and lengths of cloth hung up for sale drew Whistler in and he explored the subject in a variety of media. "The Clothes Exchange, No. 1" shows some of the buildings where the dealers of the trade gathered to buy and sell. The words "Philip and Co, Packers" are written onto the fascia of the building depicted in this etching. The etching plate for this work is also in the Hunterian collection (GLAHA 50383).
Birnie Philip Gift, 1935, not lendable. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | STREETSCAPE : BABIES : STREETSWEEPER : DOGS : HOUNDSDITCH : WHISTLER CENTENARY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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