The Slipper |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46715) | |
| Number: | 43 | |
| Date: | 1859 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 120 x 80 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler -' at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 26 | |
| Catalogues: | K.28; M.28; T.29; W.29 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (26) | ||
TECHNIQUE
Judging by the comments of cataloguers, this etching was started in 1859 and completed in 1861, the chief technical evidence in printing being the addition of drypoint in the revised version of the etching and the main change that of a new model.
PRINTING
Over thirty impressions are recorded, with most known impressions being of the second state. The first state was printed in black ink on ivory (), off-white () and buff () laid paper, and two on wove paper (, ).
The second state was also printed mostly in black ink on laid paper (see
,
) including sheets taken from old books or ledgers (); one in brown ink on buff laid paper with a post horn watermark () and one in black ink on pale green laid paper with a Strasbourg Lily watermark () . In addition, a couple are in black ink on cream fibrous Japanese paper (, ).