236TurkeysScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 884 State: 1/2 |  |
| 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.1743 |
| Paper size: | 228 x 152 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 204 x 130 mm |
| Note on size: | Difficult to measure because of the smudgy bevelled edges. |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | pale buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japan |
| Note on the paper: | laid down on card |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | Dots of black foul biting overall and marks at the edge as well as vertical scraping. |
| Print note: | The effect is as if a layer of colour was printed under the etching, because the bevelled edge is cleaner, but with dots of foul biting. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | |
| 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Not on paper; 'Turkeys. W.165 trial impression of 1st State. 2nd Venice Set - 1886' written on mount |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1990109 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.