UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The copper plate has no maker's mark. It was not like any other plate in size. It was cancelled with closely packed deep lines, possibly made with a scraper, across the face, and more widely spaced lines on the figure. The cancelled copper plate was probably among plates bought at Whistler's bankruptcy sale by the Fine Art Society, London. It was published in an album of Cancelled Plates ('Cancelled Set') by The Fine Art Society, London, 1879.

The copper plate was probably among those acquired from Robert Dunthorne (b. ca 1851), by Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), who explained, 'A number of these plates were returned to me after the artist's death by Robert Dunthorne of Vigo Street, London in exchange for a number of lithographic proofs'. 4 In 1931, at the request of Miss Philip, seven plates including this one were cleaned by Nathaniel Sparks (1880-1956) at 32 Rosenau Road. 5 The plate was given by Miss Philip to the University of Glasgow in 1935.