237San BiagioHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46839 State: 7/17 |  |
| 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: | 226/230 x 358 /361 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 208 x 305 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Strasbourg Lily |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light plate tone; varied shades of tone in the water |
| Note on foul biting: | slight pitting on figures and background in archway; single pits near bottom margin |
| Print note: | This conforms to Kennedy's description of state 4, but he had the order reversed, so his 4 should actually be state 5 (number has not been changed on heading as the description is same as K's 4 of 9); warm black ink |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp' in pencil (recto, below platemark) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| 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: | K1970404 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.