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The Turret Ship

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46930
State: 2/2

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:130 x 176 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 176 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:inlaid; slight brown flecking in paper  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:more pronounced at the left side and in the foreground  
Note on foul biting:slight pitting around boats  
Print note:mottled effect, particularly in sky, from wiping, ink on scrim leaving residue on plate; reticulation of ink in foreground; wipe marks evident in foreground  

 

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:30 mm from left; tab 3 x 10 mm; pencil butterfly on 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:'K 321 The Turret Ship'; 'undescr. II'; 'The Inn boat' [?] in different hands on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3210202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.