UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Home > The Catalogue > Impression

Return to previous page

246

Alderney Street

Whereabouts unknown
Accession no: n/a
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Colnaghi's, London (stock no. c 35462). Harris Schrank Fine Prints, New York, by 2009. Present whereabouts unknown.  

 

Paper size:183 x 109 mm  
Plate mark size:179 x 109 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:pale buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:sensitively wiped, with some inky blobs  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:'Picking' at bottom  

 

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 on tab of ca 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'AR' (unidentified) on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'c 35462' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'107' encircled on verso; 'K238 Alderney Street / (The rare original)' written by H. Wright, on verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project, dealer's records  
ID:K2380120  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.