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St James's Street

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 30484
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  

 

Paper size:360 x 219 mm  
Plate mark size:279 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:countermark 'P' (?)  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even residual tone, darker shade along platemark margins  
Note on foul biting:very slight patches of fine pitting on buildings  
Print note:  

 

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:verso centre: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233); pencil '30484'  
Dealers' stock nos:bottom verso '3232'  
Misc inscriptions by others:recto below platemark 'St. James's Street'; bottom right: '7.7.'; verso centre: '5'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1690417  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.