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The Embroidered Curtain

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 49901
State: 8/10

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:  
Plate mark size:238 x 158 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Posthorn (top fragment of crowned hunting horn in shield  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual tone along the edges; slightly darker in the lower third; fabric-textured tone (scrim marks?) along the top edge  
Note on foul biting:fine pitting visible lighter areas, mostly in the two groups of figures left and right  
Print note:ink remnants along bottom edge; small spots of ink in water; complex shading and cross-hatching in water; parts of the windows stopped out, then new lines added (?); richly inked, particularly in upper part (thicker lines); some of the drypoint lines worn out  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'WATER / te / VUUR' on signboard  
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 2 x 9 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:'The Embroidered Curtain Amsterdam' on verso at lower centre  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4100602  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.