22The Title Page for 'Douze Eaux Fortes d'après Nature'Hunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46712 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958 |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958. |
| Paper size: | 467 x 329/338 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 112 x 147 mm |
| Note on size: | The sheet is unevenly cut |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | blue |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | Blue wove (sugar) paper with blue fibrous inclusions. Right and top margins trimmed, left and bottom margins torn. Hinged. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light grey across the whole plate. |
| Note on foul biting: | Occasional pitting, mostly on Whistler's trousers. |
| Print note: | Printed on the original blue wrapper for the French Set (trimmed). |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | see inscriptions |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Douze / Eaux Fortes / d'apres [sic] Nature / par / James Whistler' and 'Á [sic] / Mon viel [sic] Ami Seymour Haden.' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue. St. Jacques. 171. Paris. Nov. 1858' |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly (early 1890s) beneath platemark at 105 mm |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Top right: 'Frith's Copy / au papier Verger' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0250107 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.