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Balcony, Amsterdam

British Museum
Accession no: 1980-03-22-23
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Christopher Mendez (est. 1965), London; acquired by exchange by the British Museum, London, 1980.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA52169  

 

Paper size:272 x 166/168 mm  
Plate mark size:270 x 168 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):n/a  
Note on the paper:browned  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual tone; stripes of tone along left and right margins  
Note on foul biting:fine loose pitting on woman in doorway and figures on balcony; a few pits on framing façades; minor foul biting lower left corner  
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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 35-46 mm mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K4050304  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.