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Bunting

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46934
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:178 x 126 mm  
Plate mark size:175 x 126 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 and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:more pronounced in the foreground and edge; with distinct horizontal and right-left and left-right wiping marks at the bottom; wipe lines evident in foreground; mottled effect, particularly in sky and around masts, from wiping, ink on scrim leaving residue on plate  
Note on foul biting:pitting over figures and boats  
Print note:This is the state reproduced by Kennedy (his first and only), but there is a new state before it (see HAG46935)  

 

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:23 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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'und III'; 'Bunting'; 'K 324' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3240202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.