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Gretchen at Heidelberg

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46705
State: 1/1

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Thomas Glen Arthur (1857-1907), Glasgow; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1902 (stock no. a 36693); probably purchased in 1902 for $450 by G. W. Vanderbilt (listed by E. G. Kennedy as owner in 1910). Sold at auction, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 15 May 1974 (lot 198?); bought by the University of Glasgow for £378.  

 

Paper size:302 x 222 mm  
Plate mark size:206 x 157 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:Part of a larger sheet, being cut on the right side, but torn on the other edges.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:The print tone is more intense in the lower half of the etching and on the left side.  
Note on foul biting:There is slight foul biting around the edges and on the work table.  
Print note:There are a few ink marks near the edges.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' ('s' reversed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
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: 'EGK' in rectangle, stamp on verso within platemark ( E. G. Kennedy, Lugt 857)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 36693', 'A. 66603', 'S. 2590' on verso, below platemark  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Arthur coll.' on verso, possibly by Edward G. Kennedy. Recto, writing, below platemark, very faint: 'Girl Sitting? / [As] Thomas says he knows of only one impression belonging to Averys'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0200103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.