106FuscoHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46771 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bought from P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, by the University of Glasgow, May 1967, for £84. |
| Paper size: | 278 x 201 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 209 x 132 mm |
| Note on size: | paper not quite square |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | medium weight; treated, washed and sized; translucent; fibrous; trimmed/cut, no deckle, pasted down. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | tone particularly towards the edges, also in the shadows and select areas of the figure. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The ink is a warm black. Marks on left perhaps caused by slight metal shavings from drypoint burr (check other possibilities) - not in Kennedy state. Very fine lines to right of image, very different in character - possibly practice lines? Look a bit like etched lines, or drypoint lines with burr removed. |
| 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: | '3. Whistler', recto, lower right; verso: '5-' (possibly JW's hand) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '7', upper right corner, recto, possibly by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | HAG Web page: (1) s. in pencil; below plate r. "J. Whistler" (2) inscr. in pencil; below plate b. "C26077 K99 only state Fosco 1972" (3) inscr. in pencil; above plate u.r. "7" (4) inscr. in pencil; v. "5" [check] |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C 26077', below platemark, recto. |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K99 only state Fosco 1972' below platemark. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0990105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.