350Market Place, OstendKupferstichkabinett BerlinAccession no: 191-1908 State: 1/1 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin |
| Provenance: | Obach & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1908 for £18. |
| Paper size: | 97 x 133 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 94 x 133 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 |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | medium plate tone, slightly darker in lower half (wiped horizontally); narrow 'frame' of darker tone along the edges; faint butterfly lower left, left of the more prominently visible butterfly (lower left) |
| Note on foul biting: | fine scattered pitting across middle ground |
| Print note: | ink reticulation in bottom corners |
| 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: | not on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 91 mm from left, 2 x 10 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3500103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
