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The Music Room

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 374-1902

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Obach & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1902, for £9.  

 

Paper size:217 x 287 mm  
Plate mark size:144 x 213 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:Fibrous.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Dark atmospheric tone used in shadows to achieve extreme chiaroscuro effect.  
Note on foul biting:Prominent foul biting: fingerprint top left corner, foul biting along bottom and right edges; dense pitting near right margin; fine loose pitting on table cloth.  
Print note:Some paper fibres show as white lines.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:not on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:not on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

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

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0330116  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.