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178

St James's Street

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1927.5952
State: 4/4

Collection credit:The Charles Deering Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Charles Deering (1852-1927), Chicago; given by his heirs to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1927.  

 

Paper size:322 x 181 mm  
Plate mark size:278 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the sheet was removed from a book, with discolouration along top, left and bottom sheet edges  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with light plate tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Wiping scratches visible in the sky.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly (faint)  
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:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'CD' (Charles Deering, Lugt 516)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'R.1803c' (the c superscript) at lower left recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1690403  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.