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Sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris"

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46889
State: 5/6

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bought by the University of Glasgow from P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, February 1961.  

 

Paper size:180 x 115 mm  
Plate mark size:133 x 82 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The sheet was once bound in a book  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'17'  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light plate tone, more pronounced around the swan for better contrast; added tone in the top left corner  
Note on foul biting:pitting around flower  
Print note:very thin horizontal drypoint lines left of flower  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2410204  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.