Wimpole Street |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46895) | |
| Number: | 279 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 100 x 67 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.286; M.278 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
Wimpole Street dates from 1887 or 1888. It was first listed by Whistler in late 1887 or 1888. 1 It was first recorded as sold on 3 May 1888. 2
The type and size of the copper plate is very close to several plates that definitely date from 1887, including The Baby, Gray's Inn 288 and Butcher's Shop, Sandwich, Kent 320, and one from 1888, Windows opposite Hotel, Bourges 397.
The type and size of the copper plate is very close to several plates that definitely date from 1887, including The Baby, Gray's Inn 288 and Butcher's Shop, Sandwich, Kent 320, and one from 1888, Windows opposite Hotel, Bourges 397.
1: [August 1887/1888], GUW #13233.
2: GUW #13051.