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The Kitchen

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46711
State: 2/3

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:399 x 303 mm  
Plate mark size:227 x 157 mm  
Other size:225 x 156 chine collé mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory on off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine on plate paper  
Note on the paper:Cut down, with a cut edge at the bottom.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching [and drypoin]  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Tone on the light wall, on the floor in the foreground, and on the ceiling.  
Note on foul biting:Pitting along the margins of the platemark. A fingerprint at the bottom of the plate, slight foul biting above the signature (lower right).  
Print note:Short drypoint lines on the wall to left of the window and to the right of the broomstick shadow on the right wall? Warm black ink.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. 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:top of blind stamp at lower edge  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0240206  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.