360Fleur-de-lys PassageHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46904 State: 1/4 |
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: | 185 x 80 mm |
Plate mark size: | 182 x 80 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 |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | mainly in the foreground, with lighter tone at top left |
Note on foul biting: | Minimal pitting, tiny dots |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'ENTRANCE / TO THE / EX[H]IBITION. / CLOTHES / EXCHANGE' |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st proof' on verso at bottom right: |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | at 19-24 mm, height 3 mm; pencil butterfly on 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: | K2890103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.