219The Venetian MastHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46830 State: 11/12 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Gift, 1935 |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; given by her to the University of Glasgow, 1935. |
| Paper size: | 342 x 163 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 339 x 161 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | inlaid |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Strasbourg Lily / F1 (script) (see Chicago, 1998, no. 284) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | all over surface tone, particularly concentrated towards edges and to emphasise buildings and figures |
| Note on foul biting: | various sizes of pits throughout, fine granular tone around figures, buildings |
| Print note: | soft velvety drypoint burr in details; reticulation of ink at lower edge and lower left side; broad mottled effect in sky and lower foreground from wiping, ink on scrim leaving residue on plate. |
| 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: | 35 mm from left; tab 3 x 11 mm; pencil butterfly on tab |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | trefoil in circle in pencil (Rosalind Birnie Philip mark, variation on Lugt 405) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1950603 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.