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Salute Dawn

Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Accession no: P.5024
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Purchased from Agnew's, London, as part of a 'purchase and exchange', 1929.  

 

Paper size:132 x 202 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 202 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:pale buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:very fine laid paper  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, more at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:a few dots and flecks, a lot of [bits], quite faint  
Print note:a pale impression - only the pier and boats, by the palace are darker, the drypoint has worn down  

 

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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:57-71 from left, 1886 butterfly  

 

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:K2150z07  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.