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Salute Dawn

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 904
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Presented by Mrs Thomas Barclay to the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1911.  
Additional acq. no:P. 126  

 

Paper size:133 x 202 mm  
Plate mark size:125 x 202 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:browned  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone wiped off at the edge at right  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:printed by Whistler; there is a very slight flecked or fibrous texture, barely visible, and possibly coming from the paper; it does not look as crisp as the print by Salmon, which is more yellowy (K2150z01) where this is more warm in colour  

 

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:pencil butterfly of 1886, tab 42-59 mm from left  

 

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:K2150412  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.