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Bibi Lalouette

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46742
State: 2b/2

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bought by the University of Glasgow from P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, July 1968.  

 

Paper size:268 x 189 mm  
Plate mark size:227 x 151 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:The sheet was removed from a book; with sewing holes in the bottom margin.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Tone, particularly at the bottom (perhaps to obsured remnants of old work in that area?); tone is somewhat blotchy and uneven.  
Note on foul biting:Some pitting, particularly at the lower left, but also softer speckles of ink; on the right edges there is the slight imprint of a regular pattern.  
Print note:Keppel or reprinted impression? (wove paper, small margins, inky printing, Colnaghi provenance, etc.)  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.' ('t' not crossed)  
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: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:'ex-Sotheby Sale - Purchd from Colnaghi, July 1968 K51 II/2' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0510207  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.