192The DyerHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46883 State: 9/10 |  |
| 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: | 309 x 236 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 302 x 235 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | fairly thick paper |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Strasbourg Lily / F1 (script) (see Chicago 1998, no. 284) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | pencil drawing of female figure bending down towards water, possibly washing fabric |
| Print tone: | very light, uneven, more concentrated towards the edges; little tone around the central figure. |
| Note on foul biting: | slight pitting particularly to lower left of doorway and around doorway; granular etched tone evident to upper left and above of fan window; slight mottled effect all over, softer and larger than pits; foul biting lower right corner and upper left; slight fabric mark upper edge. |
| Print note: |
| 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: | 54 mm from left; tab 6 x 16 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Unrecorded State V / with [illegible] new figure of the Dyer / touched in'; 'K.219. The Dyer' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2190002 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.