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Long Venice

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 30471
State: 8/8

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Paper size:127 x 308 mm  
Plate mark size:127 x 308 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:very fine structure  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown ink  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, more and wiped at bottom left  
Note on foul biting:slight grain in the water to right of butterfly; fine pitting over cityscape and along top margin  
Print note:good impression with light drypoint; vertical bands of ink reticulation across plate; some of the lines in the sky are not clearly printed  

 

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:on tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1886, 47 mm from left, 7 x 16 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:verso right: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233) and '30471'  
Dealers' stock nos:verso lower centre: '1780'  
Misc inscriptions by others:lower right verso: '11' and 'Long Venice 1877'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2120511  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.