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Doorway, Stables - Loches

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46990
State: 2/2

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:153 x 80 mm  
Plate mark size:148 x 80 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:inlaid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:uneven tone, slightly darker at edges and in the foreground; with areas of darker tone around the balcony and doorway  
Note on foul biting:pitting throughout; scrim marks around doorway and balcony  
Print note:on stairs in doorway some small areas of unusual marking - on plate but probably not etched, perhaps from shallow surface marks made with blunt instrument  

 

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:18 mm from left; tab 5 x 14 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:K3770103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.