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181

Chelsea

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 169-1908

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1908, for £8.8.0.  

 

Paper size:191 x 279 mm  
Plate mark size:133 x 208 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:industrially manufactured  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light even plate tone, added emphasis on shadows of pillars  
Note on foul biting:fine pitting across boat; some loose pitting in sky  
Print note:with the blindstamp of the Printsellers' Association ('HD' in oval).  

 

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: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:K1820208  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.