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The Dam Wood

McManus Art Galleries and Museum, Dundee
Accession no: 272-1987-343
State: 1/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © McManus Galleries & Museum  
Provenance:James Guthrie Orchar (1825-1898), Dundee; Trustees of the Orchar Gallery, Dundee; Orchar Collection, McManus Art Galleries and Museum, Dundee.  

 

Paper size:ca 336 x 218 mm  
Plate mark size:178 x 113 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid?  
Note on the paper:light weight, slightly darkened  
Tab?:No  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall  
Note on foul biting:a few dots and at edges  
Print note:Very dark brown or wrm black ink, some burr on trees, some scratching.  

 

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:butterfly 'imp'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:n/a  
Tab signed/inscribed:No  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):n/a  
Notes on inscriptions:butterfly of 1879/1881  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:'2.2.0' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1450z01  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.