202The BalconyHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46854 State: 10/19 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958 |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958. |
| Paper size: | 360 x 287 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 293 x 201 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | The paper colour is almost buff; backed |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | uneven, particularly pronounced in the water in the foreground and at the edges |
| Note on foul biting: | foul biting around edges; pitting particularly across building; etched granular tone particularly around balcony and windows |
| Print note: | wiping marks evident in foreground, sweeping upward curve crossed by vertical lines; some lines quite worn down, e.g. butterfly and shading above row of windows |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Balcony K201, Undescribed state between VII & VIII' on recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2070704 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.