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Fish Shop, Chelsea

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 34545
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  
Additional acq. no:5304  

 

Paper size:141 x 216 mm  
Plate mark size:137 x 216 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:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light plate tone, slightly darker near left margin, horizontally wiped lower right  
Note on foul biting:fine pitting across plate, focus on ground-floor zone in row of shops  
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:56mm from left, 3 x 12mm  

 

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' '34545'  
Dealers' stock nos:verso centre: '5304'  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso top: 'Etched by Whistler for the RBA / Only fifty impressions taken when plate destroyed / 1886-7'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2640111  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.