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The Barrow - Quartier des Marolles, Brussels

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46982
State: 5/8

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:129 x 176 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 176 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:Opaque; western simile of 'chine'; laid lines very close together with small regular intervals, fine quality of mould. The bottom sheet is eastern, extreme light weight, creamy japan.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light uneven residual tone; slightly darker at the right and bottom edges, wiped slightly coronarily near bottom margin  
Note on foul biting:pitting around figures on right and cart on left; elsewhere some fine scattered pitting  
Print note:dark brownish black ink; ink reticulation; shiny uneven inking  

 

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:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:31 mm from left, tab 3 x 11 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:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3570204  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.