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Wheelwright

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 30930
State: 9/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  

 

Paper size:131 x 177 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 177 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even plate tone, wiped in curve in lower left corner  
Note on foul biting:granular tone in beams; fine pitting across plate  
Print note:  

 

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:60mm from left, 5 x 14mm  

 

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); pencil: '30930'  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso lower left: 'D.5 zv'; centre: 'WHistler Wheelwright'; bottom: 'Wheelwright'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2330513  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.