UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Home > The Catalogue > Impression

Return to previous page

196

The Little Mast

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.373
State: 4/8

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

Paper size:270 x 188 mm  
Plate mark size:267 x 188 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The watermark was not discernible in the available light  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:partial  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone, very slightly darker at the bottom of the plate  
Note on foul biting:two small acid drops near the bottom plate edge--46 and 58 mm from the left edge; a small patch of foul biting at lower right  
Print note:warm black ink; see note on state  

 

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:butterfly 'imp'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly on tab  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'C.6322'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'6' at lower left; '196' at upper right; '6 / 73' at lower right; all on the recto; Kennedy number and state at lower right centre on the recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1850204  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.