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The Little Mast

Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Accession no: A 1919-106
State: 1/8

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Photo: Herbert Boswank  
Provenance:Woldemar von Seidlitz (1850-1922), Dresden; given to the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden, 1919.  

 

Paper size:267 x 186/187 mm  
Plate mark size:265 x 186 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Foolscap  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:generally even plate tone, slightly darker in top and bottom left corners  
Note on foul biting:patch of foul biting lower right, and in top right corner (from clamps?)  
Print note:ink reticulation lower left; 'tidal line' of ink lower margin left  

 

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:see signature on tab and inscr. by Whistler on paper  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'very early proof -' and butterfly on verso in lower right corner  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:40 mm from left, 4 x 12 mm, butterfly of 1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:brown round stamp on verso centre ( Kupferstichkabinett, Lugt 1616).  
Dealers' stock nos:'2108' on verso lower right  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso lower right, illegible  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1850114  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.