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The Dyer

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession 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.