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Children, Portsmouth

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46933
State: 1/1

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:66 x 99 mm  
Plate mark size:66 x 99 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:darkened to buff  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even residual plate tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:drypoint lines above low boat left of right sail?  

 

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:72 mm from left, 3.5 x 11 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:butterfly c.1887  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Children Portsmouth' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3230104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.