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.