UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The copper plate bears the maker's rectangular stamp: 'HUGHES AND KIMBER / MANUFACTURERS / RED LION PASSAGE / FLEET STREET / LONDON'.

It was probably among copper plates cancelled at the time of Whistler's bankruptcy. The cancelled plate was probably among those bought at Whistler's bankruptcy sale by the Fine Art Society, London. It was published in the set of Cancelled Plates by the F.A.S. in 1879.

The plate was probably 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'. 14

The copper plate was wrapped up, probably by Miss Birnie Philip or another studio assistant, and placed in an envelope, with a trimmed (battered!) impression of the etching stuck on the front. The plate was given by her to the University of Glasgow in 1935.