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Portrait of a man

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46750
State: 2/2

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bought by the University of Glasgow from P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, May 1967.  

 

Paper size:319 x 197 mm  
Plate mark size:229 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Posthorn, below: '1388' or '1788'  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The central of the three vertical lines under the sitter's hands is broken by a paperflake (1 mm).  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1860.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:  
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:'C 18433'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K. 63 II Henry Newnham Davis'; [check] by Harold Wright  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0630205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.