Etchings Institutions search term: grolier club
Wool Carders | ||
| Number: | 195 | |
| Date: | 1879/1880 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 289 x 234 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.221; M.218; W.191 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
The copper plate is a different size from any other plate. The verso shows the pebbled marks of the copper-smith's hammer, and the plate was probably made for Whistler in Venice. 5
5: Getscher 1970 .
The plate was in Whistler's studio at his death and was bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), who gave it to the University of Glasgow in 1935. It was cancelled posthumously with one diagonal line.
