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The Piano

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 49950
State: C/7

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Dr Frederick Mulder, London; sold to the University of Glasgow, February 1972.  

 

Paper size:377 x 242/245 mm  
Plate mark size:233 x 159 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:thick and soft paper, bulging around platemark.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:[van] Gelder in script, poss. other unidentified watermark verso bottom right.  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Some tone in the foreground and in the bottom corners.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Scratches, small dots similar to pitting in bottom right corner. Embossing in bottom left corner?  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:  
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:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1410703  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.