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Limehouse

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 145-1901

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Sold at auction, Amsler & Ruthardt, Berlin, to the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, 1901, for 86.65 DM.  

 

Paper size:202/204 x 282 mm  
Plate mark size:127 x 203 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light residual tone  
Note on foul biting:pitting of various degrees across plate  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1859'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'...UR MAC…' above the bow window at top right; 'CURTIS GIN' ('N' reversed) on the signboard in the background.  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
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:K0400316  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.