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Long Venice

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 465-1908

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Sold at auction, Amsler & Ruthardt, Berlin, to the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, 1908, for 1050 M.  

 

Paper size:132 x 310 mm  
Plate mark size:127 x 310 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:machine made  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:?  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:darker tone near lower edge, wiped in various directions  
Note on foul biting:small patch of foul biting at top edge; fine pitting across etched parts of the plate, mostly in skyline  
Print note:some ink reticulation near bottom edge; fine lines in sky somewhat worn  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:not on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:47 mm from left, 5 x 16 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2120516  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.