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The Lime-Burner

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 30475
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  

 

Paper size:287 x 212 mm  
Plate mark size:251 x 179 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:DE ERVEN D'BLAUW, but illegible due to dark printing  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light and even residual tone  
Note on foul biting:pitting in lower corners and along the left and right margins  
Print note:strong inking in dark areas  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.' (lower right) and 'Whistler' (faint, lower left corner)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'1859.'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

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), '30475'  
Dealers' stock nos:verso lower left: '8542 / 2 Bl', 'sur'  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso centre: 'The Limeburners', lower left corner: 'II état'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0460228  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.