55The Lime-BurnerHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46784 State: 2/2 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Possibly passed by family descent to Whistler's great-nephew, Joseph Whistler Revillon (1886-1955); bequeathed to the University of Glasgow, 1955. |
| Paper size: | 279 x 201 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 252 x 175 mm |
| Note on size: | small margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | very neat edges |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Beehive / DEDB |
| Medium: | etching [and drypoint] |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | Pitting used to great effect to give texture to the side walls (etched granular tone?); pitting at lower corners; areas where the lines have broken down in the roof timbers. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1859.' (underlined, lower right corner; 'Whistler', lower left corner, partially removed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| 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: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0460204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
