A French Street |  Whistler Etchings Project (-) | |
| Number: | 405 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 135 x 98 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 1 | |
| Catalogues: | K.-; M.-; T.-; W.- | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (1) | ||
The copper plate bears the maker's stamp, 'HUGHES & KIMBER (LIMITED) / MANUFACTURERS / LONDON E.C.' It is the same or very close in size to a number of etchings with the same stamp and similar subjects that date from 1888 (Courtyard, Rue P. L. Courier, Tours 391, The Hangman's House, Tours 393, Château de Bridoré 409, Château Touraine 410, and Gateway, Chartreuse, near Loches 421).
The copper plate was in Whistler's studio at his death and was bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958). Miss Philip gave the plate to the University of Glasgow in 1935. It was cancelled posthumously with a diagonal line from centre left to lower right. It is contained in an envelope labelled 'Unpublished Plate, possibly French'.