St James's Street, 1878

Not on View

Medium

etching and drypoint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 27.7 x 15.1 cm (10 7/8 x 5 15/16 in.)

sheet: 36 x 22.6 cm (14 3/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook

Catalogue Raisonné

MacDonald 2012, no. 178, state iv/iv

Accession Number

1987.41.70

Artists / Makers

James McNeill Whistler (artist) American, 1834 - 1903

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate butterfly signature; lower right in graphite: W.140;lower left verso in graphite: a48255 / R10431

Provenance

Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge [1845?-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394). (H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 48255). Henry Harper Benedict [1844-1935], New York, (Lugt 1298). John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook; gift to NGA, 1987.

Associated Names

Estabrook, John Nichols, Estate of

Exhibition History

1995: Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, as Saint James Street.

Bibliography

1910: Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 160, iii/iii.

2012: MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 178, state iv/iv.