UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Home > The Catalogue > Impression

Return to previous page

456

Little Nocturne, Amsterdam

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 49903
State: 1/1

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:203 x 145 mm  
Plate mark size:131 x 97 mm  
Note on size: paper torn at bottom  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:printed on the corner of paper sheet (no concern about watermark placement on impression)  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Strasbourg Lily (top fragment, variant not in Chicago 1998)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:foul biting top left corner  
Print note:lightly etched, and this impression very lightly inked  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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:  

 

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:K4140102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.