225Fruit StallHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46859 State: 20/21 |
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: | 228 x 148 mm |
Plate mark size: | 223 x 148 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | recto: canvas-like texture; verso: very fine laid lines |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | very light residual tone, but tone is used in the water |
Note on foul biting: | patch of foul biting bottom centre; top left; pitting on quay and fruit; less on wall above stall |
Print note: | delicate vertical scratches across the plate, probably from cleaning the plate with a cloth; some ink reticulation at bottom right; this impression conforms to Kennedy's seventh state |
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: | 36 mm from left margin, tab 5 x 13 mm; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
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: | K2000611 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.