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The Embroidered Curtain

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 49000
State: 10/10

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:  

 

Paper size:242 x 161 mm  
Plate mark size:239 x 160 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:medium weight, sized and flecked with brown fibres; it is 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:There is a fairly even print tone.  
Note on foul biting:There are individual pits, particularly around the figures, and also areas of finer, denser pitting around the figures and scrim marks around the edges.  
Print note:Some areas are so highly worked that lines have broken down.  

 

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:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:2 x 9 mm; 41 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:There is a small illegible pencil mark on the verso at the lower left.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'The Embroidered Curtain, Amsterdam / K.410, VII (?)' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4100z03  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.