454The Square House, AmsterdamKupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen DresdenAccession no: A 1902-3 State: 5/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Photo: Herbert Boswank |
| Provenance: | Sold by Whistler to the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden in 1901 on occasion of the International Art Exhibition. |
| Paper size: | 231 x 175/176 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 231 x 177 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | soft |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | mostly vertical brushstrokes of grey and black wash/ink in lower 1/3, also some work in very thin lines around the central group of figures |
| Print tone: | clean print, some tone in lower 1/8 |
| Note on foul biting: | frame of fine pitting around the print; light granular tone where the clothes line is fixed on the wall at right; very fine scattered pitting around figures |
| Print note: |
| 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: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 46 mm from left, 2 x 8 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: | K4040108 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.