Wimpole Street |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46895) | |
| Number: | 279 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 100 x 67 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.286; M.278 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
Wimpole Street dates from 1887 or 1888. It was first listed by Whistler in late 1887 or 1888. 1 It was first recorded as sold on 3 May 1888. 2
The type and size of the copper plate is very close to several plates that definitely date from 1887, including The Baby, Gray's Inn [288] and Butcher's Shop, Sandwich, Kent [320], and one from 1888, Windows opposite Hotel, Bourges [397].
The type and size of the copper plate is very close to several plates that definitely date from 1887, including The Baby, Gray's Inn [288] and Butcher's Shop, Sandwich, Kent [320], and one from 1888, Windows opposite Hotel, Bourges [397].