Wych Street, London |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46785) | |
| Number: | 176 | |
| Date: | 1877 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 216 x 139 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 12 | |
| Catalogues: | K.159; M.156; W.132 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (12) | ||
Wych Street, London dates from 1877. One impression was signed and dated '1877' (). The first and second proofs of the first state were annotated by Whistler and signed with a butterfly dating from 1877 (, ). They were sold to Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890) on 15 November 1877. 1
In 1878 H. Stewart Cundell in an article on 'English Etchings' commented:
In 1878 H. Stewart Cundell in an article on 'English Etchings' commented:
1: Whistler to Howell, 14-16 November [1877], GUW #13668.
'Mr Whistler, we are glad to learn, is resuming his etching, and among his most recent plates we may mention ... etchings of Temple Bar and Wych-street, which, when completed, will rank with his most masterly plates.' 2