363'Venus' (Nettie Pettigrew)Hunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46973 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: | 201 x 312/314 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 188 x 265 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | bottom edge torn, others cut |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Pro Patria |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light even plate tone |
| Note on foul biting: | slight pitting across figure and sofa; very fine pitting on model's face and arm; slight granular tone below butterfly; spot of foul biting Ø c.2 mm in bottom right corner |
| Print note: | some scratches on plate print as thin, light lines in lower half of print; scratches from K3430106 gone; ink spot right of S-curved line on right |
| 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 'imp' (pencil; below platemark, right of centre); see also inscriptions by Whistler |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '4th proof. 1st State' and butterfly, on verso bottom right |
| 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: | '4' bottom right below platemark [check] |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3430105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.