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The Music Room

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 852
State: 1/4

Collection credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Image credit:  
Provenance:J. H. Hutchinson; Sotheby's, 3 March 1892 (lot 72) bought by 'Russell'. Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883-1968); bought from Mrs E. S. Lumsden by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1949.  
Additional acq. no:P.1731  

 

Paper size:255 x 186 mm  
Plate mark size:142 x 214 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:Off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:heavy weight  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Heavily inked; the lightest part of lamp and table and Deborah's hand is slightly soft, heavy inking around the edge, quite painterly but not entirely even.  
Note on foul biting:At bottom, right and top left, rather concealed by heavy inking.  
Print note:Fine dramatic impression, rich, darkly inked. The inked lines are also spreading a bit (damp paper?). Occasionally the inking has broken down or a fibre has been scratched and there is a tiny white blot.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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: 'JHH' monogram blindstamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921) below platemark at bottom left recto; 'WW.' (?) in pencil on verso.  
Dealers' stock nos:'C. 4795' on recto at bottom tight, '9246' on recto at top right, outside platemark  
Misc inscriptions by others:'HADEN', ' MR TRAER', ' MRS. HADEN', 'The Music Room', 'K33I', on recto in various hands  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0330106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.