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Cutler Street, Houndsditch

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession 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.