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St James's Place, Houndsditch |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46915) | |
| Number: | 255 | |
| Date: | 1886 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 82 x 178 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 8 | |
| Catalogues: | K.290; M.284; W.232 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (8) | ||
STATE
Two states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly at the top edge, to right of centre.
State 2
Fine, parallel, diagonal shading is added to the large shop window at right; drypoint lines augment the shading on the windows of the central shop.
State 2 (cancelled)
Cancelled with one diagonal line.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 11
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 11
11: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.