30SeymourHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46719 State: 2/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler's great-nephew, Joseph Whistler Revillon (1886-1955) to the University of Glasgow, 1955. |
| Paper size: | 285 x 204 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 135 x 99 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | The paper colour is ivory discoloured to buff; the sheet is uneven, torn on three sides and cut on the right. The paper is coarse, of medium weight, and flecked with short darker fibres. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | There is an inky plate mark and there are fingerprints in the margin. |
| Note on foul biting: | There is slight foul biting around the edges and pitting particularly on the foreground tree which is bitten more deeply. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | ' "Seymour" ' |
| 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: | There is an old brown ink inscription on the recto, below the platemark; it looks like at some point an attempt has been made to erase it; on recto, in brown ink: 'jmw' (not in Whistler's hand, has been scraped out); 'K.31 II Seymour standing' on recto at lower left, below platemark, by Harold Wright. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0310205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.