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Cutler Street, Houndsditch |  Art Institute of Chicago (1938.1892) | |
| 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.
) 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.