The Little Nurse, Grays Inn |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46913) | |
| Number: | 286 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 133 x 97 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 8 | |
| Catalogues: | K.302; M.297 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (8) | ||
TECHNIQUE
The plate for The Little Nurse, Grays Inn was executed in pure etching.
PRINTING
There is one impression in black ink on ivory laid paper (
) but most are in dark brown ink on laid paper. One, signed and inscribed with the title by Whistler, is on ivory paper (); another, also on ivory paper, is marked with a tiny reversed 'c' on the verso, possibly a mark of approval or selection by Whistler (); another is on buff 'antique' (pre-1800) paper (), a fourth on ivory paper with a partial Hunting Horn or Strasbourg Lily watermark (); and a fifth on cream paper with a partial D & W BLAUW watermark (). They were trimmed to the platemark and signed on the tab with a butterfly and 'imp.' to show that Whistler had printed them.
) but most are in dark brown ink on laid paper. One, signed and inscribed with the title by Whistler, is on ivory paper (); another, also on ivory paper, is marked with a tiny reversed 'c' on the verso, possibly a mark of approval or selection by Whistler (); another is on buff 'antique' (pre-1800) paper (), a fourth on ivory paper with a partial Hunting Horn or Strasbourg Lily watermark (); and a fifth on cream paper with a partial D & W BLAUW watermark (). They were trimmed to the platemark and signed on the tab with a butterfly and 'imp.' to show that Whistler had printed them.