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Weary

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession 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.