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Chancellerie, Loches

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46638
State: 1/7

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Gift, 1935  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; given by her to the University of Glasgow, 1935.  

 

Paper size:275 x 166 mm  
Plate mark size:270 x 165 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:inlaid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:fairly even tone, slightly more pronounced towards the edges  
Note on foul biting:pitting throughout  
Print note:slight retroussage; slight reticulation of ink in lower right corner  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'REMENTS', sign below window  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly on verso in pencil  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'1st. [superscript 'st'] state - / only three proofs' on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:42 mm from left; tab 5 x 11 mm; pencil butterfly on tab  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'RBP' in form of trefoil in circle (Rosalind Birnie Philip, variation on Lugt 405) on verso.  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3830102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.