195Wool CardersHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46618 State: 1/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Gift, 1935 |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; given by her to the University of Glasgow, 1935. |
| Paper size: | 314 x 254/259 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 286 x 231 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | very strong and fibrous, almost a 'vellum' |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint and wash |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | brown wash in water, doorway and arch |
| Print tone: | pronounced tone in the corners, lightest in the bottom left corner, vertical strokes along the right margin (cf. K1830001) |
| Note on foul biting: | single but righly printed pits, mainly to right of doorway |
| Print note: | very rich print; 60 mm long diagonal crease from printing process across top of arch |
| 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: | butterfly below platemark |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'RBP' in form of trefoil in circle (Rosalind Birnie Philip, variation on Lugt 405) on verso. |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'cut out mt' on verso at bottom right |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2210102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.