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The Riva

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 460-1882
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (ca 1840 - d.1892), London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1882, as part of a group of 301 prints for £685.7.3.  

 

Paper size:227 x 315 mm  
Plate mark size:201 x 295 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove japan or Oriental  
Note on the paper:thick, a little shiny but half-transparent, like K1890310 and K1880306  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light residual tone, slightly darker near right margin and in lower left corner  
Note on foul biting:fine pitting on figures, light fingerprint in lower right corner; patch of foul biting left side  
Print note:faint scratches in different directions in foreground  

 

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:below platemark left in pencil: butterfly 'imp'  
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 centre: brown oval stamp 'KOENIGLICHES KUPFERSTICHKABINETT' (Lugt 1612).  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1920314  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.