470Trixie (Mrs Beatrice Whistler)Hunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 49914 State: 2/2 |
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: | 89 x 53 mm |
Plate mark size: | 86 x 53 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: | drypoint |
Ink colour: | brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | There is plate tone in the shadows and foreground. |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | This is the second of two states in the HAG |
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: | On verso, at lower right, in pencil: butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '5 [?] th Proof' (numeral not clearly legible, on verso, at lower right |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | 3 x 10 mm, 33 mm from left |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Trixie / (Mrs Whistler) / State I' on verso, at centre,: |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K4410201 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.