St James Street June 1878 by James McNiell WHISTLER 1834 - 1903

A beautiful view of St. James's Street in London by the celebrated artist James McNiell Whistler, published in "Vanity Fair" in 1878.

Artist -

James McNiell WHISTLER 1834 - 1903

Title - St. James's Street - June 1878

Published - Vanity Fair, 2 July 1878.

Lithographic transfer in sepia ink.

Printed on laid paper. In excellent condition.

Image size: 28 x 15.5 cm. Sheet size: 39 x 27 cm.

This important print is a view of St. James's Street in London by the revolutionary artist James McNiell Whistler. Painter, printmaker, designer, scholar, and aesthete, Whistler took the nineteenth century art world by storm. From his atmospheric paintings to his innovative etchings, Whistler's art forever changed the course of Western art, establishing a new language of art, which was both visual and literary.

This remarkable print depicts a view from a house in Piccadilly, looking down St. James's Street towards St. James's Palace. It is typical of Whistler's London views, which were often peopled with groups of figures.

This is a lithographic produced in reverse for the London magazine "Vanity Fair" on 2, July 1878.

(Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler, 169).

We have a number of copies of this 1878 lithograph, these have come from an old collection and by repute were from the Vanity Fair Archives.