243Drury LaneKupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen DresdenAccession no: A 1909-128 State: 1/1 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Amsler und Ruthardt, Berlin; sold to the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden, 1909, for 176 DM. |
| Paper size: | 164 x 104 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 163 x 103 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | very fine brown line, on verso 28 mm from bottom, not necessarily printed but maybe from an object lying on the paper |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | even plate tone; narrow slightly darker strip of tone along left and right edges; stronger tone in lower 1/4, wiped \\= |
| Note on foul biting: | loose pitting over figures; a few finer pits in background |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 23 mm from left, 6 x 15 mm; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | verso upper left: brown round stamp of the Kupferstichkabinett, Lugt 1616 |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '25' verso lower right corner: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2370117 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.