255St James's Place, HoundsditchFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.339 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co., June 1905 (Obach receipt, 28 October 1905), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 80 x 174 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 80 x 174 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the tab is discoloured to yellowish-tan |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with light tone, darker at left, bottom and along the plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | There is a faint trace of an earlier figure subject on the lower portion of the plate; the central section of the shop at left appears to be incomplete, [and there are burnishing marks in that area] |
| 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: | butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'St - James' Place - Houndsditch' at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 42-53 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '4215' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '10' on verso, bottom right corner; '70' at lower right on the verso. 'Obach + Co June 1905' at lower left on the verso and 'W232' (twice) at lower centre on the verso, both by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2900105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.