93WearyHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 54093 State: 4/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | John W. Wilson; sold at his sale, Sotheby & Co., 22 April 1887 for £15.15. Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 65607). Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Mrs Robert Bliss, 1910. Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, jr (1863-1912), Boston. Robert Rice. The Fine Art Society, London, 2001; bought by Patricia Cornwell and presented to the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 2001. |
| Paper size: | 263 x 196 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 197 x 132 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | The paper colour is ivory discoloured to buff |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Tone in the dark areas around the head. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 63.' ('t' not crossed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| 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 pencil butterfly in the bottom margin dates from 1887/1889. HAG Web page says it is signed on a tab but there is no tab. |
| Collector's mark: | Round blindstamp bottom left of pmk, lion in centre, 'Collection John W. Wilson' (Lugt 2581). Verso: black round stamp, 'JC' twice (Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Lugt 1429), red-brown rectangular stamp 'B.M.' (Berhard Buchanan MacGeorge, Lugt 394). In bottom left corner rust-red stamp 'RR', first R reversed (Robert Rice, not in Lugt). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 65607'; '18439'; '#30496' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | verso near bottom left corner 'ER[vA?]' at bottom 'DTMS', bottom right corner 'T.J.C.', in lower part of pmk 'FHO [X or JC]. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0920z01 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.