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'Venus' (Nettie Pettigrew)

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46974
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:193 x 265 mm  
Plate mark size:189 x 265 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very slight tone along the edges of the platemark  
Note on foul biting:slight pitting across figure and sofa; very fine pitting on model's face and arm, slight granular tone below butterfly  
Print note:fine vertical drypoint lines above model's upper hand and her upper part of the body (new state); some scratches on plate print as thin, light lines  

 

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:191 mm from left margin, 4 x 10 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3430007  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.