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The Visitors' Boat

Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Accession no: A 1908-880
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Amsler und Ruthardt, Berlin; sold to the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden in 1908 for 653.50 DM.  

 

Paper size:175 x 126 mm  
Plate mark size:175 x 126 mm  
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:light residual tone, darker in lower 1/4, here wiped horizontally with the darkest areas in the lower corners  
Note on foul biting:very slight pitting across ships on right side  
Print note:in reticulation in lower 1/6  

 

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:71 mm from left, 4 x 11 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'9' at lower right on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3200106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.