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Bead Stringers

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 891
State: 6/11

Collection credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Image credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Provenance:Printed by F. Salmon, Paris, for Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibaudeau, 1886. Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883-1968); bought from Mrs E. S. Lumsden by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1949.  
Additional acq. no:P.1746  

 

Paper size:245 x 171 mm  
Plate mark size:225 x 151 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): laid  
Note on the paper:fine light-weight  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:possibly a layer of buff tone, plus light tone  
Note on foul biting:in bottom right corner  
Print note:impression printed to show off the very delicate fine lines; slight softness in the shadow  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'37' above the door  
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:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1980602  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.