Etchings Institutions search term: grolier club
Cutler Street, Houndsditch | ||
Number: | 361 | |
Date: | 1887 | |
Medium: | etching | |
Size: | 178 x 128 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at right | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 2 | |
Known impressions: | 8 | |
Catalogues: | K.292; M.287; W.234 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (8) |
TECHNIQUE
This etching was freely drawn with expressive broken lines - curved, hooked, and jerky - with the deep shadow at left augmented with close cross-hatching. There are a lot of flecks and dots of foul-biting, giving a grainy texture to the scene.
PRINTING
Impressions were printed in quite dark shades, mostly in dark brown ink (
) but also in black ink (
), and usually on laid paper. The first state is on ivory 'antique' (pre-1800) laid paper, one impression with a Pro Patria watermark (
) and another with a partial watermark (
). Second states are on ivory laid paper (
,
), one with a Crown watermark (
); and another is on cream laid paper with a crowned 'GR' countermark (
). They are all trimmed to the platemark and signed with the butterfly and 'imp.' on the tab to show that Whistler had printed them.







