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Chelsea

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 30448
State: 5/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  

 

Paper size:162 x 236 mm  
Plate mark size:133 x 207 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:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Even, light plate tone  
Note on foul biting:Pitting in a sweep below boat; less in sky; minimally foul bitten lines in bottom left corner  
Print note:clean, unspectacular print  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
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:verso lower left: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233)  
Dealers' stock nos:'30448' on verso lower left  
Misc inscriptions by others:'8' verso centre; 'Chelsea' verso bottom  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1820214  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.