Fitzroy Square |  Freer Gallery of Art (1905.204) | |
| Number: | 183 | |
| Date: | 1878/1881 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 127 x 92 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | T. R. Way, 1912 | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 10 | |
| Catalogues: | K.App.3; M.app. 4 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (10) | ||
PUBLICATION
Fitzroy Square was not published.
EXHIBITIONS
It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
SALES & COLLECTORS
Thomas Way (1837-1915) - printer of Whistler's lithographs - acquired the plate, which was printed by Francis Short (1857-1945); they each gave or sold impressions to other printers or collectors. Short gave an impression to Frederick Goulding (1842-1909) (
). In 1905 Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression from Thomas Way (1837-1915) () and the British Museum acquired an impression ().
). In 1905 Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression from Thomas Way (1837-1915) () and the British Museum acquired an impression ().