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The Landing Stage, Cowes

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46945
State: 3a/3

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:135 x 94 mm  
Plate mark size:132 x 94 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:uneven tone, more pronounced in the foreground and at the left edge  
Note on foul biting:pitting around figures  
Print note:sweeping wipe marks evident in foreground, horizontal and vertical emphasis; reticulation of ink 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:27 mm from left; tab 3 x 9 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:'Reyde [sic] Pier / (or / Landing Stage, Cowes)'; 'K.328' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3280104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.