299Petticoat LaneHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46896 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Gift, 1935 |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; given by her to the University of Glasgow, 1935. |
| Paper size: | 97 x 133 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 94 x 133 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light residual tone; slightly darker at the bottom marking the ground, wiped horizontally |
| Note on foul biting: | Patch of foul biting top left; slight pitting around and on the figures |
| Print note: | Very fine ink reticulation bottom right and in a sweeping horizontal band in upper half of the tone marking the ground |
| 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: | butterfly on verso in pencil |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st / proof.' on verso bottom right |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 62 mm from left margin, tab 3 x 12 mm; pencil butterfly on tab |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2850001 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.