462Stéphane MallarméHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 49927 State: 1/1 |
Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Provenance: | Copper plate bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; plate given by her in 1935 or bequeathed in 1958 to the University of Glasgow. |
Paper size: | 289 x 199 mm |
Plate mark size: | 227 x 172 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | light grey |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | medium weight, 'antique' laid paper. |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | Pro Patria |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | There is a light, even tone. |
Note on foul biting: | There is an area of acid splatters at the centre of the left edge. Throughout there are individual pits, some slightly mottled in appearance. |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
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: | no |
Note on the tab: |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Whistler [underlined] / Stéphane Mallarmé (undescribed by Kennedy)' on recto, at lower edge of margin, |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | E220101 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.