171Free Trade WharfKupferstichkabinett BerlinAccession 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.