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Dry Docks, Southampton

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46931
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:70 x 175 mm  
Plate mark size:66 x 175 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:inlaid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light, uneven, more pronounced to the left  
Note on foul biting:pitting throughout  
Print note:wipe marks evident on left; mottled effect, particularly in sky, from wiping, ink on scrim leaving residue on plate  

 

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:butterfly on verso in pencil  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'1st- Proof -' (superscript 'st') on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:53 mm from left; tab 4 x 12 mm; 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:'Dry Dock Southampton'; 'K.322' in different hands on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3220106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.