Titles
Only one title is known:
- 'Mauve et argent: Marchand de Chiffons (Chelsea)' (1887, Petit). 1
- 'Mauve et argent: Marchand de chiffons, Chelsea' (1980, YMSM). 2
The title translates as 'Mauve and silver: Rag-seller, Chelsea'.
Description
Probably a shop-front, with old clothes put out for sale.
Site
A rag-seller or old clothes merchant in Chelsea, London, UK. Whistler etched many such shops, including The Little Rag Shop, Milman's Row [265]. The Rag Shop, Milman's Row [290], Rag Shop, Milman's Row, Chelsea [329], and (though it is not Chelsea) Rag Shop, St Martin's Lane [328].
Old Clothes Shop, Houndsditch, The Hunterian
The site may have been similar to that seen in the unfinished oil sketch, Old Clothes Shop, Houndsditch [YMSM 371], painted in the East End of London.
Last updated: 2nd April 2019 by Margaret
