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St. James's Street: P.2084-R

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

St. James's Street

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1923-12) by Deighton Bell & Co

Dating

Production date: AD 1878-06

Note

From Vanity Fair, 2 July 1878

Lithographic reproduction of Whistler's etching, in reverse

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 279 mm Width 155 mm
Sheet Height 391 mm Width 270 mm

Techniques used in production

Photolithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: VANITY FAIR
  • Location: Upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: 2 July 1878
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date

Inscription present: butterfly

  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: J.M. Whistler sculp.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: St. JAMES'S STREET - JUNE 1878
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2084-R
Primary reference Number: 10237
Wedmore (Whistler): 140
Mansfield: 165
Kennedy: 169
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 15 January 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "St. James's Street" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/10237 Accessed: 2024-12-22 10:14:17

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/10237 |title=St. James's Street |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 10:14:17|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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