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Her Majesty's Fleet: Evening

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 124-1911
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Given anonymously to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1911.  

 

Paper size:144 x 220 mm  
Plate mark size:140 x 220 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory (slightly browned)  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light plate tone, darker 'frame' of tone along edges  
Note on foul biting:occasional fine pitting over boats in foreground; minimal foul biting right edge at horizon and c.15mm above left ship  
Print note:ink reticulation in lower left corner  

 

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:158 mm from left, 4 x 13 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:K3260112  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.