178St James's StreetArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1925 State: 1/4 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London. C. W. Dowdeswell, London (1832-1915), London. Clarence L. Buckingham, Chicago. Acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1925. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 5750 |
| Paper size: | 387 x 266 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 279 x 176 mm |
| Note on size: | . |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | large shaded butterfly |
| 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: | 'HST' (H. S. Theobald, Lugt 1376);, 'C. W. DOWDESWELL ... 36 CHANCERY LANE' (Lugt 690); 'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '1st State' at lower right recto; 'Theobald' at lower left verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1690102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
