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From Billingsgate

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 49958
State: C/8

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Dr Frederick Mulder, London; sold to the University of Glasgow, February 1972.  

 

Paper size:250 x 380 mm  
Plate mark size:151 x 226 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Slight tone on the right and lower sides.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Cancelled state; plate badly scratched and marked.  

 

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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K168', lower left, below plmk; 'W130', lower right, below plmk, recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1680704  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.