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Bunting

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46936
State: 2/2

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:178 x 125 mm  
Plate mark size:175 x 125 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:inlaid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light surface tone all over; with more concentrated areas in the foreground and at upper left  
Note on foul biting:pitting around figures and masts  
Print note:wipe marks in foreground and upper left; reticulation of ink in foreground; mottled effect, noticeably in sky, from wiping, ink on scrim leaving residue on plate  

 

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:25 mm from left; tab 3 x 12 mm; pencil butterfly on tab  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K.324 und. II' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3240301  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.