Sheep |  Whistler Etchings Project (-) | |
| Number: | 487 | |
| Date: | 1901 | |
| Medium: | unbitten; drawn through the ground with an etching needle | |
| Size: | 54 x 86 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | ||
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 1 | |
| Catalogues: | K.-; M.-; T.-; W.- | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (1) | ||
The copper plate bears the partial oval stamp of the makers , 'HUGHES & KIMBER'. It is similar in size to Bohemians 486.
The plate was drawn but not etched. Joseph Pennell (1860-1926) had prepared some copper plates for Whistler before the Corsican trip, which proved unsatisfactory. Later, in 1931, Nathaniel Sparks (1880-1956) commented:
The plate was drawn but not etched. Joseph Pennell (1860-1926) had prepared some copper plates for Whistler before the Corsican trip, which proved unsatisfactory. Later, in 1931, Nathaniel Sparks (1880-1956) commented:
'The grounds laid by Pennell were far too thick, & burnt in putting on; they would have pin-holed in the acid bath - & chipped when drawn on - I removed the grounds and found them decomposed & burnt into the plates with the heat used -' 1
This unbiitten plate was in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903, and was given by Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) to the University of Glasgow in 1935.