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The Miser

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 50166
State: 5/7

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Sold at auction, Sotheby, London, 3 February 1976 (lot 179), for £165; bought by the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow from Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1976, for £173.91.  

 

Paper size:140 x 176 mm  
Plate mark size:119 x 159 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:Light weight, not high quality, greyish ivory effect, possibly proofing paper; the su are irregular, with clumps of fibre, derive from the kaya or bamboo mould.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Ink drawn from lines in spots on floor and right wall. Drypoint?  

 

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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0690303  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.