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Description: | Unmounted (1) inscr. above plate; "Arthur O'Leary"
(2) inscr. on flyleaf of volume; "S. t 434 / 789 / R Dunthorne"
(3) inscr. on binding of volume; "WHISTLER'S ETCHINGS" CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PUB Fine Art Society; (London) This drypoint was published by the Fine Art Society in 1879. The only known impressions of this work are taken from the cancelled plate. This impression was bound in a volume with GLAHA 49975 - 50030, with a description by Rosalind Birnie Philip of how she came by them. This volume of cancelled impressions was formed as evidence that the plates themselves had been cancelled. The etching plate for this work is also in the Hunterian collection (GLAHA 50530). (See also GLAHA 49938 - 49971/49973/49974/50531).
Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | CANCELLED PLATE : PORTRAIT : ARTHUR O'LEARY : WHISTLER CENTENARY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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