198The Fishing BoatKupferstichkabinett BerlinAccession no: 376-1902 State: 6/6 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin |
Provenance: | Obach & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1902, for £8. |
Paper size: | 164 x 232 mm |
Plate mark size: | 155 x 232 mm |
Note on size: | paper size includes tab |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
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: | light plate tone, slightly darker in water |
Note on foul biting: | some fine pitting across the hull of the boat; very loose and scattered pitting across water |
Print note: | some ink reticulation along lower left margin |
Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly (very faint) |
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: | 58 mm from left, 9 x 17 mm; butterfly of 1886 |
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: | K2080406 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.