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The Rialto

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 30467
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  

 

Paper size:294 x 197 mm  
Plate mark size:294 x 197 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:recto fine canvas-like texture  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:plate tone, darker lower left, here wiped in curves  
Note on foul biting:fine pitting across figures, parts of the facade; light foul bitten bubbles in lower right corner; slightly grainy effect  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'VENDITA CARNA' on the signboard above the awning on right  
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:42 mm from left, 8 x 16 mm, pencil butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:verso centre: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233)  
Dealers' stock nos:'A /1776' on verso bottom right corner  
Misc inscriptions by others:'30467' verso below collector's mark; 'Rialto Venice' lower right; 'S' lower left corner  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2110215  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.