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Draped Model

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Accession no: 39'72
State: 10/11

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery  
Provenance:Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938), London. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd (stock no. C.37743); purchased by the Friends of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1972, for £260; presented to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1972.  

 

Paper size:263 x 193 mm  
Plate mark size:206 x 134 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:medium weight with brown flecks and fibres  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:dark grey  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a light print tone, except at the upper corners where more pronounced.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:There are dark velvety patches from the burr and very patchy roulette marks at the right background. There is slight reticulation of ink in the upper corners.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:circle within a triangle in reddish brown ink on recto, at lower left, below platemark (R. Woods Bliss, Lugt 2004A)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 50060' on verso, at lower left; 'C.37743' on recto, at lower right, below platemark  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K.100 V/8' on recto, at lower edge; on verso, at upper edge, '38' (encircled); at lower right, '53' (encircled); at lower right, 'EW0'; at lower left, '39'72'; at lower centre, 'L' and 'VC'.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1000503  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.