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Lady in an armchair

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 49939
State: C/1

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Dr Frederick Mulder, London; sold to the University of Glasgow, February 1972.  

 

Paper size:381 x 252 mm  
Plate mark size:227 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:very pronounced horizontal chain lines; cut from same sheet of Van Gelder paper as GLAHA 46765, 49953, 49954.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint (largely drypoint)  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very slight  
Note on foul biting:slight pitting particularly at lower corners  
Print note:From cancelled plate; regular imprint of parallel lines on face and torso; wiping evident along lower edge.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1861' ('t' not crossed, '6' reversed)  
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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'only Impression Known any […] Place. Lady in an Arm chair. K. 79F' on margin below platemark, recto.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0790203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.