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178

St James's Street

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.1731
State: 2/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  

 

Paper size:382 x 268 mm  
Plate mark size:279 x 176 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:traces near plate edges  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:'HHB' in pencil (H. H. Benedict, Lugt 2936); 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b); according to inscription in pencil 'Menpes Collection'  
Dealers' stock nos:number erased lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'3' lower right on recto; '169' lower left on verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1690413  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.