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The Smithy

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 54865
State: 6/6

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:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:pitting in light areas of lower half except the burnished-out area left of smith  
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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2400509  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.