This is a view depicting St. James’s Street, London, from the viewpoint of the Albermarle Hotel as it was at the time (on the northeastern corner of Piccadilly and Albemarle Street). It illustrates the busy street leading down towards St. James’s Palace in the distance. The street is lined with shop fronts and busy traffic. It was originally published as an etching an example of which is at the Met (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/372554). This lithograph was published within days in Vanity Fair on 2 July 1878. It curiously re-orientates the image correctly. James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an American born painter and printmaker. He had a major influence on the art world with his atmospheric work. He spent much of his career working in London. Matthews, Roy T and Peter Mellini. (1982) ‘In ‘Vanity Fair”; Savory, Jerold J. (1979) ‘The Vanity Fair Gallery’.