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Nursemaid and Child

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 185-1908
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Obach & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1908 for £2.10.0.  

 

Paper size:184 x 246 mm  
Plate mark size:98 x 133 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light residual tone  
Note on foul biting:granular tone near bottom margin; tidal line from varnish; a line of pitting in top right corner  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
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:  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'I second state' on recto lower left over erased 'A ... B ...' (illegible); recto bottom right corner '21'; verso bottom centre '37'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0370214  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.