193The DoorwayHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46816 State: 11/20 |
Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958 |
Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958. |
Paper size: | 301 x 202 mm |
Plate mark size: | 294 x 202 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
Note on the paper: | The paper colour is almost buff |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching, drypoint and roulette |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | tone above the arches; stronger and in different gradations in the water: ink wiped vertically in water zone, representing reflections and shadows in the water; ink dabbed in lightly in the middle part of the right window |
Note on foul biting: | granular tone used in arches; single pits in water; light patches (from immediately cleaned drops of acid?) at right window near margin (the same as in K1880604) |
Print note: | distinctive crease-like etched line cutting off bottom right corner; there is also a white area where the ink has been wiped off; light patches probably from acid stains on the plate between right window and margin; right edge marked by distinct black line; roulette wheel lines running in different directions in top half of water. |
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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | 54 mm from left margin, 7 x 18 mm; butterfly of ca 1887 |
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: | K1880511 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.