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Baby Pettigrew

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46969
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:157 x 116 mm  
Plate mark size:134 x 97 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:crown [partial]  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light even residual tone, faintly darker around the edges in top half  
Note on foul biting:a few pits on the figure  
Print note:very faint vertical scratches near left and right margins from cleaning the 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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'N° 3' recto below platemark; verso by Harold Wright 'K341 / Baby Pettigrew'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3410104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.