267Fish Shop, ChelseaHamburger KunsthalleAccession no: 34545 State: 1/2 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | |
| Additional acq. no: | 5304 |
| Paper size: | 141 x 216 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 137 x 216 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: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light plate tone, slightly darker near left margin, horizontally wiped lower right |
| Note on foul biting: | fine pitting across plate, focus on ground-floor zone in row of shops |
| 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: | 56mm from left, 3 x 12mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Seal of Hamburg and 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' stamp (Lugt 1233) in brown ink on verso; pencil' '34545' |
| Dealers' stock nos: | verso centre: '5304' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | verso top: 'Etched by Whistler for the RBA / Only fifty impressions taken when plate destroyed / 1886-7' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2640111 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.