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The Pierrot

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46994
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:234 x 161 mm  
Plate mark size:229 x 160 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, drypoint and wash  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:touched with wash around standing figure in doorway  
Print tone:uneven tone, areas where more pronounced, for example, are the edges, the foreground and the figure in doorway  
Note on foul biting:foul biting towards edges; scrim marks, particularly in foreground  
Print note:reticulation of ink in right foreground  

 

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:23 mm from left; tab 3 x 12 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:'Pierrot, Amsterdam / K407, III-IV, touched with wash' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4070303  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.