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The Fleet: Monitors

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46923
State: 1/2

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:145 x 221 mm  
Plate mark size:140 x 220 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:inlaid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:uneven, more pronounced at the left side and at the edges  
Note on foul biting:pitting around figures and ships  
Print note:warm black ink; mottled effect from wiping, ink on scrim leaving residue on plate, particularly along upper edge  

 

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:4 x 13 mm, 63 mm from left; pencil butterfly on tab  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K 318'. on inlay mount, upper margin, Greek alpha sign on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3180105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.