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San Biagio

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46839
State: 7/17

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:226/230 x 358 /361 mm  
Plate mark size:208 x 305 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Strasbourg Lily  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light plate tone; varied shades of tone in the water  
Note on foul biting:slight pitting on figures and background in archway; single pits near bottom margin  
Print note:This conforms to Kennedy's description of state 4, but he had the order reversed, so his 4 should actually be state 5 (number has not been changed on heading as the description is same as K's 4 of 9); warm black ink  

 

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' in pencil (recto, below platemark)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
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:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1970404  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.