St James's Street
1878
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
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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.) -
Accession
1987.41.70
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 178, state iv/iv
Artwork history & notes
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
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.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate butterfly signature; lower right in graphite: W.140;lower left verso in graphite: a48255 / R10431
Watermarks
Coat of arms
Wikidata ID
Q74876911