Lady standing |  Hunterian Art Gallery (50566) | |
| Number: | 170 | |
| Date: | 1876/1884 | |
| Medium: | mezzotint | |
| Size: | 272 x 150 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.-; M.-; T.-; W.- | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
TECHNIQUE
Lady standing is one of Whistler's three known mezzotints (see The Model [248], Trafalgar Square [249]). 9
9: Hopkinson 1998.
PRINTING
The only impressions known were printed after Whistler's death. They were printed in 1931 at the request of Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) by Nathaniel Sparks (1880-1956), who wrote 'It was purely an experimental plate & possessed great character & charm. I took two proofs of this plate on his own plate paper - ' 10 These two impressions were printed in warm black ink on wove paper. The result is very dark indeed and the attempt to print from the plate was abandoned.
10: Martin Hopkinson, 'Nathaniel Spark's Printing of Whistler's Etchings', Print Quarterly, 1999, Vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 340, 349.