214San GiorgioScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 882 |  |
| 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). Acquired by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1942. |
| Additional acq. no: | P.1757 |
| Paper size: | 228 x 324 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 207 x 302 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 laid, possibly Asian, laid down |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light even tone, buff overall |
| Note on foul biting: | dots in lower half, on the water, and bottom right corner; the bevel is cleaner except for the foul biting. |
| Print note: | slightly warm black ink, the lines looking a little blurred as if the paper was damp or the ink wetter than usual or as if it was pulled slightly in the printing |
| 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'San Giorgio / Trial impression between Kennedy's 3d & final states. / "Sky removed but no Butterfly." ESL.' (E.S.Lumsden) written on board |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2010305 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.