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Billingsgate

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 108-1904

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Obach & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1904 for £31.10.0.  

 

Paper size:226/228 x 303 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 223 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:bottom edge torn, else cut  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:very fine loose pitting lower right across signature.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:not on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:not on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:-  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:two inaccessible inscriptions verso; recto top right corner: '2'.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0470208  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.