237San BiagioHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46840 State: 17/17 |
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: | 207/210 x 302/305 mm |
Plate mark size: | 209 x 302 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | recto: very fine canvas-like texture; verso: very fine laid lines. (The following impressions are all on the same paper: K1970603, K1970608, K1970702, K1970802, K1970803, K1970904.) |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | plate tone; some tone in the archway shadows; in the triangular shadow on right; varied shades of tone in the water |
Note on foul biting: | light granular tone on figures far right; slight pitting on figures and background in archway |
Print note: | round mark (Ø c. 5 mm) left of butterfly |
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: |
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: | K1970904 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.