385Quai de MontebelloHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 49905 State: 2/3 |
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: | 151 x 228 mm |
Plate mark size: | 151 x 228 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | buff |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | There are strongly defined horizontal laid lines. |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | crowned 'GR' (see Chicago, 1998, nos 84-95). |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | The print tone is light, although it is darker towards the edges. |
Note on foul biting: | There is slight foul biting at the upper left corner. There is pitting throughout. |
Print note: | There is slight reticulation of ink at the left edge and lower left corner. There is a mottled effect from inking particularly noticeable at the right and lower edges. |
Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | shop sign: 'EQICR [superscript 'QICR'] DE COMPAS', lower left, mirrored script: 'Quai de Montebello'. On recto, at lower left corner: 'Quai de Montebello' (back-to-front). |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | On verso, at lower right corner, in pencil: butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st [superscript 'st'] state' on verso, at lower right corner |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | 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: | K4170103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.