361Cutler Street, HoundsditchFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.153 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co. (Obach receipt, 11 July 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 175 x 127 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 175 x 127 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'Antique' (pre 1800) laid paper; the tab and sheet edges discoloured to yellowish tan |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | partial PRO PATRIA |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Graduated tone along the bottom; with distinct horizontal and right-left diagonal wiping marks |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks across the image area |
| Print note: | There is a faint remnant of a second butterfly signature in the plate at upper left, above the shop sign; while it looks somewhat like drypoint, under a microscope it appears to be scraped-down etched lines. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'B. ABRAHAMS.' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Cutler Street - Hounsditch - / 1st State' (the second 'st' superscript and underlined) at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 30-39 mm from left, height 2 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Note corrected lettering in the plate |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Cutler Street. / W234' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2920102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.