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The Music Room

Glasgow Museums
Accession no: PR.1960.11.ah

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Acquired by Glasgow Museums in 1960.  

 

Paper size:193 x 274 mm  
Plate mark size:144 x 217 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:Nearly grey, also browned, 'antique'  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching & drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Tone wiped clean on lamp and table top.  
Note on foul biting:Extensive  
Print note:Richly inked, strong burr and slight retroussage.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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:Possibly '...N...' with illegible initials in pencil on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'5' on recto; '078', 'N/N' or 'R/R', 'WHISTLER', '60-11 ah' on verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0330z13  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.