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The Palaces

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 34541
State: 5/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  
Additional acq. no:6781  

 

Paper size:258 x 359 mm  
Plate mark size:252 x 357 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:strong  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Fleur de Lis  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, graduated, with more, carefully wiped, at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:granular tone on right building, roofs and above gondolas  
Print note:white line in upper right quadrant (printing crease); craquelure effect left of line of pointed windows  

 

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:on tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:87 mm from left, 6 x 12mm; pencil butterfly of 1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:Seal of Hamburg and 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' stamp (Lugt 1233) in brown ink on verso; pencil' '34541'  
Dealers' stock nos:verso lower right: '1772' and '1775'  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso centre: '37'; bottom left: '8/The Palaces'; 'W.153' - '1st State', top centre: '8'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1870220  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.