73Portrait of a manHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 50321 State: C/2 | ![]() |
Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Gift, 1935 |
Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Provenance: | Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Acquired by Whistler's executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, trimmed and stuck on the envelope containing the copperplate; given by her to the University of Glasgow, 1935. |
Paper size: | 221 x 149 mm |
Plate mark size: | (229 x 154) mm |
Note on size: | The paper is trimmed so that it is smaller than the platemark size. It is also unevenly cut |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | laid down on the envelope containing the copper plate so impossible to examine paper fully. |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | n/a |
Medium: | drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | no |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | There is much burnishing around the figure; with doodles of faces and butterflies added. |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1860.' |
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: | 'W58' on recto, at lower right. |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0630302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.