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The Palaces

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46800
State: 5/6

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:258 x 361 mm  
Plate mark size:256 x 361 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:medium weight; it is inlaid.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:There is a selective use of print tone in the water, sky and buildings.  
Note on foul biting:There is foul biting at the edges and single pits throughout. There are areas of finer, denser pitting on the buildings towards the right (they appear as fairly controlled areas of granular tone bounded by straight line).  
Print note:There are a few minor ink splatters.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly (upper left, faint)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:On verso, at lower right, in pencil: butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Proof before letters and completed state' on verso, at lower right  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp'  
Note on the tab:4 x 11 mm; 74 mm from left; butterfly of 1888/1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K187, II' on verso, at centre.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1870208  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.