230Riva, No. 2Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen DresdenAccession no: A 1898-403 State: 1/1 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden, 1898, for £14.14. |
| Paper size: | 208 x 302/304 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 207 x 302 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | canvas-like texture on recto, very fine laid lines |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | generally even plate tone, slightly more pronounced in bottom left corner, wiped horizontally |
| Note on foul biting: | fine dense pitting across figures in foreground, finer pitting across figures in background and boats on quay; patch of foul biting in upper left corner |
| Print note: | two areas of ink reticulation bottom left; fingerprint and wiped ink 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 68 mm from left, 6 x 19 mm; butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | verso top left: brown round stamp of the Kupferstichkabinett, Lugt 1616 |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '8831' on verso lower right |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'finest impression Taken' verso lower right; '14/14/-' verso pencil lower right |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2060125 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.