392Rue des Bons Enfants, ToursHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46986 State: 2/5 |
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: | 151 x 79 mm |
Plate mark size: | 148 x 79 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | off-white |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light even residual tone |
Note on foul biting: | fine pitting across plate; most prominent at bottom right |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '22' above doorway |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly on verso in pencil |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st state' on verso bottom right |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | 17 mm from left; tab 3 x 8 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: | K3720103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.