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Free Trade Wharf

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 108-1910

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Kunstsalon Emil Richter, Dresden; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1910, for 105 DM.  

 

Paper size:177 x 261 mm  
Plate mark size:99 x 186 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:bottom edge torn, others cut  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:unidentified watermark with capital letters  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:distinct, generally even plate tone, darker in the shadows far right  
Note on foul biting:fine pitting/granular tone in wide areas of the water, centre of sky, at top right corner  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: '[…]CKS', back to front, on roof of wharf building]  
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):not on recto  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1630519  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.