225Fruit StallHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 49971 State: Ca/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: | 229 x 149 mm |
Plate mark size: | 224 x 149 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | off-white |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
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, lighter in the centre, darker in the water |
Note on foul biting: | patch of foul biting bottom centre; smaller and lighter patches top left and right; pitting on quay and fruit, figures on the left |
Print note: | cancelled with five lines; delicate vertical scratches across plate, probably from cleaning the plate with a cloth; ink reticulation near bottom edge; at bottom centre-left short horizontal white lines (effect from insufficient ink in these lines?) |
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: | no |
Note on the tab: | 28 mm from left edge, 5 x 14 mm |
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: | K2000804 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.