Custom House | ||
Number: | 179 | |
Date: | 1878 | |
Medium: | etching | |
Size: | 84 x 190 mm | |
Signed: | no | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 1 | |
Known impressions: | 8 | |
Catalogues: | K.150; M.148; W.128 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (8) |
Custom House dates from 1878. Whistler inscribed one impression '2nd proof - July 7, 1878' (), and it is assumed that the first proof, which has not been located, dated from the same year.
It was considered by Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932) to be an etching of the mid-1870s, and it has similarities to such etchings as Chelsea Wharf 097 and The Old Swan Brewery, Chelsea 105. 1
Custom House was also printed in 1887. Indeed, most impressions were signed in 1887, and it was first recorded as being sold in April 1887. 2
Custom House was also printed in 1887. Indeed, most impressions were signed in 1887, and it was first recorded as being sold in April 1887. 2
1: Kennedy 1910[more] (cat. no. 150).
2: Whistler to Dowdeswell's, 28 April 1887, GUW #13020.