235Bead StringersScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 891 State: 6/11 |  |
| Collection credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Image credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Provenance: | Printed by F. Salmon, Paris, for Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibaudeau, 1886. Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883-1968); bought from Mrs E. S. Lumsden by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1949. |
| Additional acq. no: | P.1746 |
| Paper size: | 245 x 171 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 225 x 151 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | fine light-weight |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | possibly a layer of buff tone, plus light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | in bottom right corner |
| Print note: | impression printed to show off the very delicate fine lines; slight softness in the shadow |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '37' above the door |
| 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1980602 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.