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The Lime-Burner

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 463-1882
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (ca 1840 - d.1892), London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1882, as part of a group of 301 prints for £685.7.3.  

 

Paper size:371 x 262/269 mm  
Plate mark size:252 x 177 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:uppercase letters / fragment of unidentified watermark  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:medium tone across floor, darker tone in framing architecture  
Note on foul biting:heavy and varied pitting in foreground, on white wall in background and in structure of beams  
Print note:white spot of paper fibre at lower left near margin  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler -'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'1859 -'  
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:K0460114  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.