255St James's Place, HoundsditchFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1901.29 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 38208). Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1901; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 79 x 176 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 79 x 176 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800) |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone, darker at the plate edges and bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | A light, clear impression. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'M. &. E. LEVY.' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterflyat lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'St. James' Place Houndsditch / 1st- proof. / butterfly' (Houndsditch partly underlined; the st superscript) at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 48-60 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 38208' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'St.James Place. Houndsditch, London. / The first proof from the plate. / The writing in the corner and the signature are Whistler's', written at centre of verso, possibly by C.L. Freer; 'l / cs' (the c reversed) at lower centre on verso and 'Cy.o $80' (the first two letters in script; the o with a slash through it) at lower right on verso; 'W232' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2900104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.