Greenhithe |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.364) | |
| Number: | 173 | |
| Date: | 1877 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 151 x 227 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 4 | |
| Known impressions: | 25 | |
| Catalogues: | K.165; M.161; W.135 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (25) | ||
Greenhithe dates from 1877. The butterfly signature is consistent with this date. The earliest sales occurred in October 1877. 1
It was referred to by H. Stewart Cundell in April 1878 as among 'recent plates'. 2 Other etchings of this date include Free Trade Wharf [171], London Bridge [172] and Battersea Morn [174].
It was referred to by H. Stewart Cundell in April 1878 as among 'recent plates'. 2 Other etchings of this date include Free Trade Wharf [171], London Bridge [172] and Battersea Morn [174].
1: i.e. Whistler to Hogarth, 22-27 October [1877], GUW #12737.
2: 'English Etching', The Standard, London, 25 April 1878, p. 2 (GUL PC1/94).