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Bunting

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46935
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:179 x 125 mm  
Plate mark size:175 x 125 mm  
Note on size:.  
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 and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light, uneven, slightly more pronounced in the foreground and edges; wiping marks in foreground  
Note on foul biting:pitting throughout  
Print note:This is a new state before Kennedy's first and only state  

 

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- [superscript 'st'] Proof -' on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:34 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:'K.324'; 'und I'; 'Bunting' verso, different hands  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3240001  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.