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44

Whistler with a hat

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46744
State: 2/3

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Purchased by the University of Glasgow with NFA support from Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd, August 1979.  

 

Paper size:203 x 149 mm  
Plate mark size:141 x 95 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:torn at the right and lower edges, and cut at the left and upper edges.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Plate tone gives further definition to the hat and shadows.  
Note on foul biting:some tiny pits and scratches  
Print note:The ink colour is a greenish brown (bronze); is this the printing for the Obach Catalogue frontispiece?  

 

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:'437C' on verso, at upper right corner (in circle)  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0540205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.