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Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46963
State: 3/4

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Gift, 1935  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Presented by Whistler to Queen Victoria, June 1887; Royal Collection, Windsor; sold by King Edward VII to Thos. Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; purchased from Obach and Co. by Charles Lang Freer, Detroit, MI, 11 April 1906; sold to Rosalind Birnie Philip, London, 3 May 1906 (payment received 20 June 1906); given to the University of Glasgow, 1935.  

 

Paper size:135 x 97 mm  
Plate mark size:132 x 97 mm  
Note on size:secondary support 474 x 413 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:medium weight, 'antique' laid paper, flecked with brown fibres; its edges are not cut straight. It is mounted on ivory, gilt-edged heavy weight card, impressed 'J WHATMAN'.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a medium tone that is more pronounced in the foreground where there are wipe marks evident.  
Note on foul biting:There is pitting throughout.  
Print note:There is reticulation of ink in the foreground.  

 

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:crown on verso, at lower right  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:3 x 11 mm; 21 mm from left.  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'VR' crowned, oval stamp in gold on verso at lower left (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:old writing in brown ink on verso, cut off at lower edge; on secondary support, recto, at lower left, '10', 'K.327, undescribed II or III' (different hands); on verso, at upper left, '743 [underlined] / 137-'.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3260106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.