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Bibi Valentin

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 849
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Image credit:  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., or Keppel & Co., New York (stock no. a 57849).  
Additional acq. no:P. 2404  

 

Paper size:220 x 315 mm  
Plate mark size:151 x 228 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine appliqué on laid  
Note on the paper:heavy weight base paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Light, overall tone, even  
Note on foul biting:a little at bottom right edge of plate.  
Print note:Reasonable impression, and though the burr is not rich it blends in well.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:'a 57849' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0500211  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.