238The Little VeniceHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46797 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958 |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958. |
| Paper size: | 257/262 x 388/392 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 185 x 264 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | Very thin 'antique' paper; translucent; cut slightly irregularly (probably half a sheet); irregular chain line interval (often seen in foolscap). It has hand-ruled lines in red pencil. Restorer’s work visible; it has been ‘washed’; filler, flat. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial [illegible] |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light plate tone; also see print note |
| Note on foul biting: | many scraping and burnishing marks on the sky and water |
| Print note: | The plate has been scraped and burnished, but not polished and cleaned, probably to remove foul biting and/or other surface defects; given the extent of the marks on the plate, this is provisionally an earlier state than Kennedys first and only state. |
| 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: | 'The 'Little Venice' K 183 Early undescribed state' by Harold Wright below platemark; in an unknown hand below platemark 'superb' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1830001 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.