UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The copper plate bears the maker's oval stamp: 'HUGHES & KIMBER (LIMITED) / MANUFACTURERS / LONDON E.C.'

Whistler etched a lot of plates of the same size, mostly from the same maker, including London scenes (i.e. Old Battersea Bridge, No. 2 [275]), Queen Victoria's Jubilee subjects (i.e. Troopships [307]), a view of Brussels (The Barrow - Quartier des Marolles, Brussels [346]), most of which date from 1887. Also in the same size are views done on the Whistler's honeymoon in the Loire valley (i.e. Château de Verneuil, Touraine [408]) and others later in Paris (i.e. Little Terrace, Luxembourg Gardens [443]).

The plate was bequeathed by Whistler to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958). It was printed at her request in 1931 by Nathaniel Sparks (1880-1956). 7 It was then cancelled with a diagonal line across the lower left corner. Miss Philip gave the plate to the University of Glasgow in 1935.