166Price's Candle FactoryHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46603 State: 10/13 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Gift, 1935 |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; given by her to the University of Glasgow, 1935. |
| Paper size: | 161 x 228 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 227 mm |
| Note on size: | The sheet is uneven. |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | inlaid |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | cross with 'IH[P?]', not 'IHS' as in similar watermark in lithography catalogue raisonné |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | slight |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | flecks of ink possibly from metal burr); an ink spot lower left corner. |
| 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: | 54 mm from left; tab 8 x 20 mm. Pencil butterfly dates from 1887/1888. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Pencil butterfly dates from 1887/1888. HAG(4) inscr. in pencil; v. with a clover leaf [?] in a circle (5) Watermark; a cross |
| Collector's mark: | 'RBP' in form of trefoil in circle (Rosalind Birnie Philip, variation on Lugt 405) on verso. |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1540305 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.