44Whistler with a hatHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46744 State: 2/3 |
Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Provenance: | Purchased by the University of Glasgow with NFA support from Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd, August 1979. |
Paper size: | 203 x 149 mm |
Plate mark size: | 141 x 95 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | torn at the right and lower edges, and cut at the left and upper edges. |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | Plate tone gives further definition to the hat and shadows. |
Note on foul biting: | some tiny pits and scratches |
Print note: | The ink colour is a greenish brown (bronze); is this the printing for the Obach Catalogue frontispiece? |
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: | 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: | '437C' on verso, at upper right corner (in circle) |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0540205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.