361Cutler Street, HoundsditchMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.141 State: 1/2 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 180 x 125 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 176 x 125 mm |
| Note on size: | rough at top and darkened |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' (pre 1800) laid, rough at top |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | partial watermark, illegible, at the right edge |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | carefully wiped tone, more at bottom, nice warm glow |
| Note on foul biting: | flecks and dots across the centre |
| Print note: | lovely impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'B. ABRAHAMS' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Cutler St. Houndsditch - / - 1st . state. / butterfly' on verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil, 1887, butterfly; tab 32-41 from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B. M.' brown rectangular stamp (B. B.MacGeorge, Lugt 394); 'H B D' black circular stamp (H.B. Dick) on verso. |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2920103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.