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Lindsey Houses

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 49957
State: C/4

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Dr Frederick Mulder, London; sold to the University of Glasgow, February 1972.  

 

Paper size:249 x 382 mm  
Plate mark size:151 x 228 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no, but very similar to Van Gelder watermarked paper - same distance between laid lines, 28-30mm  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:yes, particularly towards the edges and corners  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:print surface badly affected by ink spots; fingerprints lower left corner and left edge, where ink been wiped away with finger, evident to lesser extent on all edges and corners, on right edge unusual vertical section where ink almost completely wiped away.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K.166', lower left corner; 'W136', lower right corner; below platemark, 'Lindsey Houses', erased.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1660403  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.