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The Balcony

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46854
State: 10/19

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:360 x 287 mm  
Plate mark size:293 x 201 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:The paper colour is almost buff; backed  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:uneven, particularly pronounced in the water in the foreground and at the edges  
Note on foul biting:foul biting around edges; pitting particularly across building; etched granular tone particularly around balcony and windows  
Print note:wiping marks evident in foreground, sweeping upward curve crossed by vertical lines; some lines quite worn down, e.g. butterfly and shading above row of windows  

 

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:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Balcony K201, Undescribed state between VII & VIII' on recto.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2070704  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.