21Gretchen at HeidelbergHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46705 State: 1/1 |
Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Provenance: | Thomas Glen Arthur (1857-1907), Glasgow; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1902 (stock no. a 36693); probably purchased in 1902 for $450 by G. W. Vanderbilt (listed by E. G. Kennedy as owner in 1910). Sold at auction, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 15 May 1974 (lot 198?); bought by the University of Glasgow for £378. |
Paper size: | 302 x 222 mm |
Plate mark size: | 206 x 157 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | Part of a larger sheet, being cut on the right side, but torn on the other edges. |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | The print tone is more intense in the lower half of the etching and on the left side. |
Note on foul biting: | There is slight foul biting around the edges and on the work table. |
Print note: | There are a few ink marks near the edges. |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' ('s' reversed) |
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: | 'EGK' in rectangle, stamp on verso within platemark ( E. G. Kennedy, Lugt 857) |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 36693', 'A. 66603', 'S. 2590' on verso, below platemark |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Arthur coll.' on verso, possibly by Edward G. Kennedy. Recto, writing, below platemark, very faint: 'Girl Sitting? / [As] Thomas says he knows of only one impression belonging to Averys' |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0200103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.