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The Forge

Royal Library of Belgium
Accession no: S.IV 88619
State: 4/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Guido von Usedom (1805-1884). Acquired at unknown date by the Royal Library of Belgium.  

 

Paper size:215 x 339 mm  
Plate mark size:193 x 316 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:virtually no plate tone, light residual tone in lower left corner  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:a very dry impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1861'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:-  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):-  
Notes on inscriptions:-  
Collector's mark:verso stamp in lower right corner: 'Sammlung Guido von Usedom' (not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0680z23  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.