109Draped ModelBirmingham Museum and Art GalleryAccession no: 39'72 State: 10/11 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery |
| Provenance: | Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938), London. Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd (stock no. C.37743); purchased by the Friends of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1972, for £260; presented to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1972. |
| Paper size: | 263 x 193 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 206 x 134 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | medium weight with brown flecks and fibres |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark grey |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | There is a light print tone, except at the upper corners where more pronounced. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | There are dark velvety patches from the burr and very patchy roulette marks at the right background. There is slight reticulation of ink in the upper corners. |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | circle within a triangle in reddish brown ink on recto, at lower left, below platemark (R. Woods Bliss, Lugt 2004A) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 50060' on verso, at lower left; 'C.37743' on recto, at lower right, below platemark |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K.100 V/8' on recto, at lower edge; on verso, at upper edge, '38' (encircled); at lower right, '53' (encircled); at lower right, 'EW0'; at lower left, '39'72'; at lower centre, 'L' and 'VC'. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1000503 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.