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The Courtyard, Brussels

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46979
State: 1/1

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 66607). George W. Vanderbilt, New York. Bought by the University of Glasgow at auction, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 15 May 1974 (lot 270), for £315.  

 

Paper size:219 x 127 mm  
Plate mark size:216 x 126 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:AS PRO PATRIA  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:plate tone; a concave area of darker tone at the bottom iframes the lower etched part of the plate  
Note on foul biting:scattered fine pitting across etched part of the plate, particularly around figures  
Print note:ink reticulation bottom centre and left  

 

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:2 x 11 mm, 26 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'A. 66607' on verso bottom left-centre  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3550106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.