39The Music RoomScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 852 State: 1/4 |
| Collection credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | J. H. Hutchinson; Sotheby's, 3 March 1892 (lot 72) bought by 'Russell'. Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883-1968); bought from Mrs E. S. Lumsden by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1949. |
| Additional acq. no: | P.1731 |
| Paper size: | 255 x 186 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 142 x 214 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | Off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | heavy weight |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | Black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Heavily inked; the lightest part of lamp and table and Deborah's hand is slightly soft, heavy inking around the edge, quite painterly but not entirely even. |
| Note on foul biting: | At bottom, right and top left, rather concealed by heavy inking. |
| Print note: | Fine dramatic impression, rich, darkly inked. The inked lines are also spreading a bit (damp paper?). Occasionally the inking has broken down or a fibre has been scratched and there is a tiny white blot. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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: | 'JHH' monogram blindstamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921) below platemark at bottom left recto; 'WW.' (?) in pencil on verso. |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C. 4795' on recto at bottom tight, '9246' on recto at top right, outside platemark |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'HADEN', ' MR TRAER', ' MRS. HADEN', 'The Music Room', 'K33I', on recto in various hands |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0330106 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.