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Pickle Herring Wharf

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 54944
State: C/8

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Gift, 1935  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Possibly bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; and given to the University of Glasgow, 1935.  

 

Paper size:144-147 x 217-223 mm  
Plate mark size:(152 x 229) mm  
Note on size:The paper is trimmed so that it is smaller than the platemark size. It also is very unevenly cut.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:laid down on the envelope containing the copper plate so impossible to examine paper fully.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a light print tone.  
Note on foul biting:There is light pitting throughout.  
Print note:  

 

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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W137' on recto, at lower right.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1670709  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.