158Irving as Philip of Spain, No. 1University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession no: 1954/1.368 State: 2/4 |
Collection credit: | Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker |
Image credit: | Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938), London, 1910. Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954. |
Paper size: | 333 x 212 mm |
Plate mark size: | 226 x 150 mm |
Note on size: | paper size irregular |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | watermark not clear in available light |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | elaborate watermark |
Medium: | drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | with dark tone to left of the figure and over his left leg; lighter tone over his torso, right leg and at the bottom of the plate |
Note on foul biting: | large patch at right plate edge |
Print note: | Untidy dark tone area and rich burr combine to dramatic effect; dark area to left of figure; the distinctive wiping pattern near the left foot is the same as Kennedy's illustration for the second state; thus it is likely the impression reproduced |
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: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K1700202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.