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Cutler Street, Houndsditch

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 292
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1952  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:Sold by Whistler to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 3 May 1888; Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Purchased with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:180 x 126 mm  
Plate mark size:176 x 126 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  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light, fairly even overall  
Note on foul biting:many flecks over etched area  
Print note:This is the impression of the second state illustrated by Kennedy  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'S. ABRAHAMS'  
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:29-38  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1324) and 'HW' stamp (H.G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'9' at upper right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2920205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.