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Bead Stringers

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46837
State: 7/11

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:234 x 153 mm  
Plate mark size:228 x 152 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:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:uneven, more pronounced at lower sections and edges  
Note on foul biting:slight pitting particularly across figures  
Print note:wipe marks evident in foreground; marks from scrim at top left and lower right corners, and under chair of woman seated on left; polish marks evident around edges  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly (very faint)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'37' above the door  
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:tab 6 x 17 mm, 92 mm from left; butterfly of 1886  

 

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:K1980603  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.