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St James's Place, Houndsditch

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 290
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1938  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bentley Collection, according to a note on verso. John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago. Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:83 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:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale overall, slightl darker at left, with right-left diagonal wiping marks at left  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks  
Print note:fine diagonal shading is probably drypoint?  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab at 121 to 130 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'J.H.W' (John H. Wrenn, Lugt 1475).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'51' at lower right verso; 'Bentley Collection'; various title and catalogue inscriptions  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2900110  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.