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Turkeys

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 255-1910
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Kunstsalon Emil Richter, Dresden; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1910, for 800 DM.  

 

Paper size:213 x 131/134 mm  
Plate mark size:208 x 133 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:solid, mostly even plate tone  
Note on foul biting:fine pitting across turkeys, the well and the tendrils near top margin  
Print note:ink reticulation near bottom edge and in a vertical strip from top to bottom near left margin; fine vertical scratches across plate  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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:not on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:28mm from left, 5 x 12 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1990115  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.