65Ratcliffe HighwayHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 53567 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London; possbily sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lot 126). Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore, Naugatuck, CT, 1919. William Sloane-Kinney. Susan Shulman, printsellers, New York; bought by the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 2001. |
| Paper size: | 200 x 281 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 226 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | grey |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | The paper has brown fibrous inclusions |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A fine, expressive impression with rich burr. |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp', in pencil on lower margin, left of centre, recto. |
| 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: | The butterfly is probably of late 1890s. |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' stamp (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394) on recto; 'WD' underlined on verso; 'HW' grey stamp (Whittemore, Lugt 1384a) on verso; 'JHH' blind stamp (Hutchinson, Lugt 2921) on recto; 'HM' blue stamp (Lugt 1342) on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0800103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.