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178

St James's Street

British Museum
Accession no: 1907-04-08-3
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1907.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50513  

 

Paper size:341 x 207 mm  
Plate mark size:278 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove?  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Very light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:Small dots particularly around the bottom third  
Print note:Whistler is presumably on the fourth floor. The clouds and the drypoint print very lightly. The shadow was extended indicating the length of time taken  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1690405  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.