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The Temple

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 31178
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  

 

Paper size:108 x 153 mm  
Plate mark size:101 x 153 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:very fine laid lines  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:distinctive plate tone, wiped in circular strokes  
Note on foul biting:fine loose pitting across cart, tree, left roof and right façade  
Print note:  

 

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:34mm from left, 7 x 14 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:verso centre: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233); pencil: '31178'  
Dealers' stock nos:verso lower right: '2200'  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso lower left corner: 'D.5. VU.20'; verso centre 'Whistler. The Temple' and 'The Temple'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2340118  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.