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The Garden

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46616
State: 7/15

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

 

Paper size:306 x 234/236 mm  
Plate mark size:305 x 235 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:uneven, darker towards the edges, also pronounced around the front doorway; in the shrubbery on the right, on right side of steps; an area of darker tone on the left is marked by a 'tidal line' against the lighter tone to the left of that line.  
Note on foul biting:foul biting and pitting bottom right; patch of foul biting far left on water line  
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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:55 mm from left, tab 7 x 21 mm; pencil butterfly of 1886  

 

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:K2100503  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.