39The Music RoomHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46721 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Possibly passed by family descent to Whistler's great-nephew, Joseph Whistler Revillon (1886-1955); bequeathed to the University of Glasgow, 1955. |
| Paper size: | 196 x 269 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 145 x 216 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The paper colour is almost light grey. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Britannia |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Surface ink is exploited particularly on the right hand side. |
| Note on foul biting: | There is light pitting throughout with denser pitting at the lower left. There is foul biting at the edges and corners, and fingerprints at the upper left corner. |
| Print note: | Tthe paper is very clean, and the absence of handling marks and dealer/collector inscriptions (along with the artful inking and printing) may indicate a later printing. |
| 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: | '74' (in circle) on verso, upper left, within platemark |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0330204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.