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484

Café Corazza, Paris

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46652
State: 1/1

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Gift, 1935  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; given by her to the University of Glasgow, 1935.  

 

Paper size:137 x 221 mm  
Plate mark size:132 x 221 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
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:even, light tone  
Note on foul biting:pitting throughout; foul biting at edges  
Print note:ink not been forced into lines properly on trees at right so lines printed blind, bounded by ink  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'[CO]RAZZA'; '[C]ORAZZA'; 'RESTAURA[NT]'; '[?]SUC[?]' on signs above windows [check]  
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:38 mm from left; tab 4 x 7 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'RBP' in form of trefoil in circle (Rosalind Birnie Philip, variation on Lugt 405) on verso.  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4360103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.