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La Rétameuse

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46693
State: 2/2

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Possibly passed by family descent to Whistler's great-nephew, Joseph Whistler Revillon (1886-1955); bequeathed to the University of Glasgow, 1955.  

 

Paper size:412 x 303 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 89 mm  
Other size:110 x 88 chine collé mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine collé on wove  
Note on the paper:white wove paper strong, almost cardboard quality  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:No  
Note on foul biting:Foul biting in lower left corner and fingerprint FB in upper right corner  
Print note:Faint drypoint to the left of the woman's face? Grey mark on the sleeve of woman's right forearm, near the crook of her arm. Pencil? Paper? Effect of the papier collé process?  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 171.'  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0140205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.