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Cameo, No. 1 (Mother and Child)

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 44507
State: 1/1

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:179 x 127/128 mm  
Plate mark size:176 x 127 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The watermark is so pronounced it shows through on the recto  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Pro Patria  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light even residual tone, slightly darker along the edges  
Note on foul biting:fine pitting across etched part of the plate, else clean  
Print note:  

 

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:27 mm from left margin, 3 x 11 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'10-' on verso, bottom right.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3470105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.