86The ForgeKupferstichkabinett BerlinAccession no: 117-1911 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin |
Provenance: | Given anonymously to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1911. |
Paper size: | 227 x 349 mm |
Plate mark size: | 193 x 314 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | cream, somewhat yellowed |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
Note on the paper: | thin laid |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | heavy use of tone to overplay wear of drypoint |
Note on foul biting: | some scattered pitting at far right behind figures |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1861.' ( 't' not crossed) |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
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: | |
Dealers' stock nos: | |
Misc inscriptions by others: |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0680409 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.