218The PiazzettaHamburger KunsthalleAccession no: 29829 State: 5/9 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Acquired by the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, between 1891 and 1903. |
| Additional acq. no: | 993 (old inv. No.) |
| Paper size: | 256 x 181 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 254 x 180 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | - |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | distinct plate tone; darker bottom left corner |
| Note on foul biting: | fine pitting across plate, marking the pigeons |
| Print note: | light ink dots in lower left corner |
| 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: | on tab |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 30 mm from left, 6 x 18 mm; the bottom tab edge is marked red |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly on tab of 1880/1881; The '993' refers to the old inventory started by Alfred Lichtwark, the '29829' is from the inventory numbers started by Gustav Pauli, still in use today. |
| Collector's mark: | verso centre: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '29829' on verso centre |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | verso lower left: '994' corrected to '993' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1890318 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.