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The Old Swan Brewery, Chelsea

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46770
State: 1/1

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958.  

 

Paper size:70 x 98 mm  
Plate mark size:67 x 98 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:an exceptionally clean print  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp'  
Note on the tab:Tab at 24-33 mm, height 3mm; butterfly of 1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:Butterfly on tab is probably 1890/1894  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'36'? verso under mounting hinge, therefore illegible  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0980104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.