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Liverdun

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46697
State: 3/3

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:  

 

Paper size:302 x 377 mm  
Plate mark size:108 x 154 mm  
Other size:105 x 153 (chine collé) mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory (on lighter ivory)  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine collé on wove  
Note on the paper:white plate paper (heavy weight, wove)  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a light, fairly even print tone; it is perhaps wiped slightly more cleanly on the buildings at the centre and left.  
Note on foul biting:There are foul biting and fabric marks in the foreground, adding texture and character to the farm yard; there are also similar marks in the sky, particularly at the upper right.  
Print note:Scratches in the upper right part of sky.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'J.Whistler' ('s' back to front, 't' and 'l' crossed; at lower left); 'Whistler' (upper left, partly obscured by foul biting).  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 171.'  
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:'Liverdun II K.16' on recto, at lower edge of secondary mount.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0160235  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.