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The Venetian Mast

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46828
State: 8/12

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958.  

 

Paper size:347 x 162 mm  
Plate mark size:342 x 162 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:fairly thin; inlaid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight, uneven, most pronounced in the foreground and upper edge, also used subtlely and effectively in the foreground figures and buildings.  
Note on foul biting:pitting throughout; fine granular tone at left edge and building on right, possibly imprint from scrim; fine pitting over figure of seller on right.  
Print note:slight reticulation of ink in lower left corner; wipe marks evident at right and lower edges; soft mottled effect in sky at right from wiping, ink on scrim leaving residue on plate.  

 

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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:32 mm from left; tab 5 x 11 mm; pencil butterfly on tab  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1950505  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.