Greenhithe | ||
Number: | 173 | |
Date: | 1877 | |
Medium: | drypoint | |
Size: | 151 x 227 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at lower right | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
No. of States: | 4 | |
Known impressions: | 25 | |
Catalogues: | K.165; M.161; W.135 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (25) |
Greenhithe dates from 1877. The butterfly signature is consistent with this date. The earliest sales occurred in October 1877. 1
It was referred to by H. Stewart Cundell in April 1878 as among 'recent plates'. 2 Other etchings of this date include Free Trade Wharf 171, London Bridge 172 and Battersea Morn 174.
It was referred to by H. Stewart Cundell in April 1878 as among 'recent plates'. 2 Other etchings of this date include Free Trade Wharf 171, London Bridge 172 and Battersea Morn 174.
1: i.e. Whistler to Hogarth, 22-27 October [1877], GUW #12737.
2: 'English Etching', The Standard, London, 25 April 1878, p. 2 (GUL PC1/94).