363'Venus' (Nettie Pettigrew)Hunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46970 State: 1/1 |  |
| 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: | 195 x 266 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 190 x 266 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | light weight, semi-transparent; good quality. Possibly same mould as K1910203. |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light residual tone; top right corner slightly darker; slight tone below the folds of the blanket hanging from the sofa |
| Note on foul biting: | slight pitting across figure and sofa; very fine pitting on model's face and arm, slight granular tone below butterfly; spot in bottom right corner gone |
| Print note: | some scratches on plate print as thin, light lines in lower half of print, some new scratches added |
| 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: | 5 x 11 mm, 196 mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | see condition |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3430103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.