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Sketching

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46764
State: 4/6

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Dr J. A McCallum (1862-1948); given to the University of Glasgow, 1939.  

 

Paper size:277 x 356 mm  
Plate mark size:121 x 166 mm  
Other size:111 x 155 chine collé mm  
Note on size:unusually wide bevel, see Kennedy 1910. Platemark without bevel = 114 x 159 mm.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine collé on wove white cardboard  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone in the clouds  
Note on foul biting:finely grained pitting in bottom right area along the river bank  
Print note:Retroussage in foreground vegetation  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.' ('t' not crossed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'London, Published December 1st. 1861, by Day & Son, Lith. to the Queen. J. Whistler.'  
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:'JAMcC' (J. A. McCallum) rectangular stamp in brown ink on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'46764' inscribed; in margin  
Misc inscriptions by others:'a river scene / 10 / 7690 (erased but still visible) / Sketching No 1 / T / 46764' ; in margin  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0860403  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.