Exeter Street |  Hunterian Art Gallery (54892) | |
| Number: | 274 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 128 x 177 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 6 | |
| Catalogues: | K.280; M.275 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (6) | ||
TECHNIQUE
Both the original composition and the shading added in the second state are etched.
PRINTING
Impressions were printed on a range of slightly different papers, producing subtly different effects. One, possibly the first impression, was printed in dark brown ink on off-white light-weight 'antique' (pre-1800) laid paper with the watermark 'GR' (
), another on cream laid paper with an 'AS PRO PATRIA' watermark () and a third in brown ink on 'modern' laid paper (). All are trimmed to the platemark and signed on a tab with the butterfly and 'imp.' to show that Whistler had printed them.
), another on cream laid paper with an 'AS PRO PATRIA' watermark () and a third in brown ink on 'modern' laid paper (). All are trimmed to the platemark and signed on a tab with the butterfly and 'imp.' to show that Whistler had printed them.