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101

Speke Hall: The Avenue

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.354
State: 7/14

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 38980). Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

Paper size:330 x 216 mm  
Plate mark size:227 x 150 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the sheet was removed from a book; with an old latin inscription in brown ink on the verso  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Hunting horn  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light plate tone near the plate edges  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1870' ('t' not crossed, 'l' crossed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Speke Hall.'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly, 'imp.'  
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:The butterfly signature is very 'loose' with an upright 'imp'. Okay?  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 38980' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0960504  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.