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'Venus' (Nettie Pettigrew)

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46970
State: 1/1

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:195 x 266 mm  
Plate mark size:190 x 266 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:light weight, semi-transparent; good quality. Possibly same mould as K1910203.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light residual tone; top right corner slightly darker; slight tone below the folds of the blanket hanging from the sofa  
Note on foul biting:slight pitting across figure and sofa; very fine pitting on model's face and arm, slight granular tone below butterfly; spot in bottom right corner gone  
Print note:some scratches on plate print as thin, light lines in lower half of print, some new scratches added  

 

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:5 x 11 mm, 196 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:see condition  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3430103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.