UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley)

Impression: Hunterian Art Gallery
Hunterian Art Gallery
(47010)
Number: 124
Date: 1874/1875
Medium: drypoint
Size: 279 x 179 mm
Signed: butterfly at right
Inscribed: no
Set/Publication: no
No. of States: 7
Known impressions: 11
Catalogues: K.140; M.138; W.122
Impressions taken from this plate  (11)

STATE

Seven states are known before cancellation.

State 1

Impression: K1400102
Signed with a butterfly at the right edge, below centre.
The composition is complete.
The shading in the background consists of horizontal lines above his left shoulder, and a few crossed lines above his right shoulder and below his right arm.

State 2

Impression: K1400205
The background shading at right extends below the knees, and includes new vertical lines to right of the man's head.

State 3

Impression: K1400203
Horizontal lines in the left background are extended to left of the upper arm and reach below the man's knees at left; it is closely shaded at right, with new diagonal shading and cross-hatching; there is new diagonal shading on the coat and trousers, making the legs blend more with the background at right.
In the impression reproduced, tone has been used to emphasize the contrast between the figure and background at left.

State 4

Impression: K1400304
Short vertical lines are added above the head; a series of short diagonal lines is added above his shoulder in the background at right.

State 5

Impression: K1400204
Several long horizontal lines extend the shadows at right, to right of the elbow.
The impression reproduced is heavily inked and it is difficult to distinguish the fresh drypoint.

State 6

Impression: K1400401
Short vertical lines are added above the man's head, extending the earlier shadows; earlier drypoint shading has faded; shading is added on his hand and underneath it on the guitar.
The impression reproduced is heavily inked, disguising the fading drypoint.

State 7

Impression: K1400501
Horizontal and vertical lines are added around the man's head; the shading at right is strengthened; diagonal lines augment the shading under the guitar.
The impression reproduced is heavily inked.

State 7 (cancelled)

Etching: PS_K140_01 (plate)
Cancelled with a diagonal line.

No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 10

10: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.