223The PalacesKupferstichkabinett BerlinAccession no: 465-1882 State: 5/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin |
| Provenance: | Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (ca 1840 - d.1892), London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1882, as part of a group of 301 prints for £685.7.3. |
| Paper size: | 313 x 458 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 253 x 358 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | roughly cut/torn paper edges |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | '1814' |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | solid even plate tone |
| Note on foul biting: | foul biting in bottom corners, fine granular tone across right two palaces; craquelure from broken ground left of windows of left palace |
| Print note: | scratches and lines; some fibres show as short white lines and dots |
| 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: | lower left in pencil: butterfly 'imp' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '6. x' bottom margin |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: | - |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | verso centre oval stamp of the Kupferstichkabinett |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1870214 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.