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Au Sixième

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46663
State: 1/1

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Possibly passed by family descent to Whistler's great-nephew, Joseph Whistler Revillon (1886-1955); bequeathed to the University of Glasgow, 1955.  

 

Paper size:103 x 77 mm  
Plate mark size:103 x 77 mm  
Note on size: trimmed slightly unevenly, partly within the platemark  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:inlaid  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:Broken-down lines on the stove, bodice of the skirt, left edge; slight pitting in the top left quadrant and on the floor.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. inv.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Au Sixieme' (lower part cropped)  
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:K0030103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.