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The Scotch Widow

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.478
State: 1/1

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:Harlow, MacDonald & Co., New York; from whom purchased by a collector, Conn.; by descent; David Tunick, New York; Susan Schulman, New York; Peter and Paula Lunder; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:007.2007  

 

Paper size:293 x 188 mm  
Plate mark size:203 x 102 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japanese  
Note on the paper:thin  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:Drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:beautiful impression, with silk burr  

 

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: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:'6315' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'1' [circled] verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1420z01  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.