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The Landing Stage, Cowes

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 461-1909

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Dr Koch, Munich; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1909 for 200 DM  

 

Paper size:136 x 94 mm  
Plate mark size:133 x 94 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light, slightly uneven residual tone, darkest at top edge and in lower right corner  
Note on foul biting:very fine pitting on figures  
Print note:ink reticulation in lower right 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:63 mm from left, 3 x 10 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:K3280116  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.