177Sir Garnet WolseleyUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession no: 1954/1.365 State: 2/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker |
| Image credit: | Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Probably etched and printed on 24 November 1877, and acquired from Whistler by C. A. Howell. Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954. |
| Paper size: | 372 x 243 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 302 x 176 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | drypoint with grey wash |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | touched with grey (ink?) wash on the eyes, cheekbone, moustache, throat and back outline of the head; large curved area of wash from the eye to shoulder; vertical strokes along the shoulder at right |
| Print tone: | An irregular halo of tone around the figure extends to the plate edges, except at lower right. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | New state between Kennedy's first and second states |
| 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: | 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '4700' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '6' at lower right on the recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1640203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.