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Quai de Montebello

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 49906
State: 3/3

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Printed by Nathaniel Sparks for Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958.  

 

Paper size:184 x 262 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:possibly old Dutch (see inscription); cut on top, bottom and left edges, slightly ruffled edge right  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Pro Patria  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:generally even plate tone, slightly darker along the edges  
Note on foul biting:scattered loose pitting across middle band of figures and objects in shops  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:shop sign: 'Eque DE COMPAS', lower left, mirrored script: 'Quai de Montebello'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):'Nathaniel Sparks / Imp.' in pencil on verso.  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:Dutch inscription on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4170203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.