UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Home > The Catalogue > Impression

Return to previous page

224

Quiet Canal

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 902
State: 3/4

Collection credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Presented from the Estate of Sir Donald Pollok by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1964.  
Additional acq. no:P. 2655  

 

Paper size:245 x 169 mm  
Plate mark size:225 x 149 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:pale buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:fine, light-weight paper  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone with lighter area round the bevel edge  
Note on foul biting:minor, under the figures at right  
Print note:good impression with faint drypoint under the leaves at right  

 

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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:butterfly of 1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2140302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.