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The Rialto

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46872
State: 3/3

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919), Paris; sold at auction, Paris, 19-20 May 1920, for 6400 francs. Bought by the University of Glasgow at auction, Morrison, McChlery & Co., Glasgow, 23 April 1970.  

 

Paper size:301 x 199 mm  
Plate mark size:293 x 199 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:The paper colour is almost buff  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:plate tone, slightly darker along the left edge, more pronounced in the bottom left corner, wiped horizontally in the lower third  
Note on foul biting:slight pitting around groups of figures and façade on right  
Print note:minor ink reticulation bottom left; some lines of the faint figures in foreground mentioned by Kennedy remain very faintly  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'VENDITA CARNA' on the signboard above the awning on right  
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:48 mm from left, tab 8 x 14 mm; pencil butterfly on tab  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'AB' oval stamp recto bottom left, stamp, grey-brown ink (Alfred Beurdeley, Lugt 421)  
Dealers' stock nos:'C.6325' on verso bottom centre  
Misc inscriptions by others:'217'; 'R/K 23/73 11 K.211 - 2e état The Rialto W 181' all on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2110203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.