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178

St James's Street

Grafische Sammlung der Albertina, Vienna
Accession no: DG1909/471
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Purchased for RM 200.- from Kunstsalon Emil Richter, Dresden, by the k. k. Hofbibliothek, Vienna, 1909; transferred to the Albertina in 1921.  

 

Paper size:358/360 x 225 mm  
Plate mark size:279 x 153/151 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japan  
Note on the paper:lines like laid lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even plate tone, emphasised in the more densely shaded parts  
Note on foul biting:virtually none  
Print note:rich impression, before the Gazette des Beaux-Arts edition  

 

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:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:no  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:recto '34355'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'1909-471'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1690z05  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.