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The Little Putney

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 170-1908
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1908, for £12.  

 

Paper size:142 x 218 mm  
Plate mark size:124 x 200 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:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:distinct plate tone; lighter in centre, darker in lower right corner  
Note on foul biting:fine pitting across inscription; else clean  
Print note:s-shaped white hairline over treetop at far right  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'The Little Putney'  
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:verso lower left: stamp of the Kupferstichkabinett  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1800306  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.