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 It is contained in an envelope labelled 'Unpublished Plate, possibly French'.