13LiverdunHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46697 State: 3/3 |
Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Provenance: |
Paper size: | 302 x 377 mm |
Plate mark size: | 108 x 154 mm |
Other size: | 105 x 153 (chine collé) mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory (on lighter ivory) |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine collé on wove |
Note on the paper: | white plate paper (heavy weight, wove) |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | There is a light, fairly even print tone; it is perhaps wiped slightly more cleanly on the buildings at the centre and left. |
Note on foul biting: | There are foul biting and fabric marks in the foreground, adding texture and character to the farm yard; there are also similar marks in the sky, particularly at the upper right. |
Print note: | Scratches in the upper right part of sky. |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'J.Whistler' ('s' back to front, 't' and 'l' crossed; at lower left); 'Whistler' (upper left, partly obscured by foul biting). |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 171.' |
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: | 'Liverdun II K.16' on recto, at lower edge of secondary mount. |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0160235 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.