192The DyerHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46882 State: 10/10 |  |
| 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: | 312 x 239 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 304 x 236 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | 'HARRIS & McM[URDO] / 1814' (see Chicago 1998, no. 160) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | slight, darker towards the edges and corners, fairly clean in the centre around the figure |
| Note on foul biting: | pitting, particularly to left of doorway and in water to left of door; scrim marks above doorway; foulbiting particularly at lower right corner, right edge, left edge and upper left corner; granular surface tone evident in areas, for example, to left of fan window; also pale mottled ink marks across image, particularly upper left quadrant. |
| 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: | 'K219 Dyer / Unrecorded State VI / with new figure of dyer' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2190602 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.