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The Model

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 55589
State: 1/1

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Printed for the Hunterian Art Gallery ca 1969.  

 

Paper size:300 x 196-209 mm  
Plate mark size:277 x 202 mm  
Other size:image: 177 x 87 mm  
Note on size:only the centre of the plate is inked; platemark is not fully visible  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:modern  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:mezzotint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Only the central portion of the plate was inked, in warm black ink; the figure is faintly visible; it was printed askew on the sheet. This impression, showing the central part of the image, was printed ca 1969; a loose sheet of paper records that the plate was 'taken by Robert Cox for printing'-- it is initialled and dated 'RS.12.VI.69'. There are traces of a second platemark at the lower left corner.  

 

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:K3460104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.