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Whistler with a hat

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.341
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Sir James Thomas Knowles (1831-1908), London; sold at auction, Christie's, 26 May 1908; Obach & Co., London; bought by Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

Paper size:296 x 221 mm  
Plate mark size:224 x 151 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone at top and right  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:'J.T.K.' in oval and 'No. 7' in graphite at lower left on the recto and verso (note that Lugt 1546, the mark of Sir James Knowles, does not include the oval around the initials)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'363' in red pencil at lower left on the recto; '259' at lower left on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0540207  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.