34Bibi ValentinMcManus Art Galleries and Museum, DundeeAccession no: 272-1987-335 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © McManus Galleries & Museum |
| Provenance: | James Guthrie Orchar (1825-1898), Dundee; Trustees of the Orchar Gallery, Dundee; Orchar Collection, McManus Art Galleries and Museum, Dundee, 1987. |
| Paper size: | over 171 x 241 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 151 x 223 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | Appears to have a machine-made regular fine-grained surface |
| Tab?: | No |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light, more at bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | a couple of dots and edges |
| Print note: | Soft burr on head, much richer but still soft burr around hand and on hip, bottom of dress, and material behind bed/sofa. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | n/a |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | No |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | n/a |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0500z01 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.