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St James Street decorated with bunting |  Whistler Etchings Project (-) | |
| Number: | 326 | |
| Date: | 1887/1888 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 133 x 98 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 1 | |
| Catalogues: | K.-; M.-; T.-; W.- | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (1) | ||
TECHNIQUE
This etching was drawn quickly, with broken long and short wriggly and jagged lines, creating the effect of a windy day, with the flags and people in movement. It looks as if Whistler was trying to alter some detail in the centre of the plate, but then abandoned it.
PRINTING
No impressions of St James Street decorated with bunting are known.