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St. James's Street

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (printmaker)

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Title/s

St. James's Street

Maker/s

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (printmaker) American artist, 1834-1903

Category

print

Name

print

School/Style

British

Production Notes

Lithographic reproduction of Whistler's etching, in reverse

From Vanity Fair, 2 July 1878

Technique/s

photolithography

Material/s

black carbon ink (medium)
paper (support)

Dimensions

image height: 279 mm
image width: 155 mm
sheet height: 391 mm
sheet width: 270 mm

Date

1878-06

Provenance

bought: Deighton Bell & Co 1923-12 (Prints bought by Deighton Bell & Co)

Inscriptions/Marks

  1. Position: upper left
    Type:
    Method: printed
    Content: VANITY FAIR
    Description:
  2. Position: upper right
    Type: date
    Method: printed
    Content: 2 July 1878
    Description:
  3. Position: image lower right
    Type: monogram
    Method: printed
    Content:
    Description: butterfly
  4. Position: lower left
    Type: signature
    Method: printed
    Content: J.M. Whistler sculp.
  5. Position: lower centre
    Type: title
    Method: printed
    Content: St. JAMES'S STREET - JUNE 1878

Standard print ref/s

Wedmore (Whistler) 140
Wedmore, Frederick
 (1899) Whistler's etchings; a study and a catalogue , London? : P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.

Mansfield 165
Mansfield, Howard
 (1909) A descriptive catalogue of the etchings and dry-points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler , Chicago : Caxton Club

Kennedy 169
Kennedy, Edward G.
 (1978) The etched work of Whistler , San Francisco : Alan Wofsy Fine Arts

Documentation

  1. Wedmore, Frederick (1899) Whistler's etchings; a study and a catalogue, London?: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.

Accession Number

P.2084-R (Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(Reference Number: 10237; Input Date: 2000-07-21 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)