Regent's Quadrant |  Baltimore Museum of Art (1996.48.18108) | |
| Number: | 242 | |
| Date: | 1880/1881 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 166 x 122 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 7 | |
| Known impressions: | 10 | |
| Catalogues: | K.239; M.235; W.192 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (10) | ||
Regent's Quadrant dates from 1880 or 1881. The butterfly signature is consistent with this date. According to the Pennells it was done after Whistler's return from Venice:
'while he was living in Air
Street, ... a signed proof once was brought to us by
his landlady, who called it an original drawing, and said it
had been made out of her window ... many [London etchings] are most delightfully composed, while the detail
in the little figures is full of observation. The subjects
show that they were rapidly done.' 1
Few etchings date from this period, because Whistler was engaged in proving and printing the Venetian etchings. However, similar subjects of this date include
Drury Lane 243,
Little Court 244,
The Temple 245 and Alderney Street 246.