363'Venus' (Nettie Pettigrew)Hunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46972 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: | 201 x 312 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 189 x 266 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | soft paper, bottom edge torn, other edges cut |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Pro Patria |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light even residual tone; slightly darker along the edges of the platemark |
| 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 of foul biting Ø c.2 mm in bottom right corner |
| Print note: | short (3mm) vertical mark (ink?) crossing platemark line bottom left; some scratches on plate print as thin, light lines in lower half of print, one defining the state: a half circle and a diagonal scratch bottom right. |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' (pencil; below platemark, right of centre); see also inscriptions by Whistler |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st. [superscript 'st'] State. 3rd [superscript 'rd'] proof' and butterfly on verso, lower right |
| 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: | '3' bottom right below platemark |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3430106 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.