237San BiagioScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 883 State: 8/17 |
| Collection credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Purchased from the Estate of Sir Donald Pollok by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1964. |
| Additional acq. no: | P.2650 |
| Paper size: | 229 x 325 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 207 x 298 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | pale buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | fine light-weight laid paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light even buff tone overall |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | bare and thin in the arch, note the faint area of fine lines in the houses seen in perspective through the arch, the faint figure on the shore in the left foreground, and the faint outline of the woman behind the boatmen - only one- in the centre (she is very faint indeed) |
| 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: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1970503 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.