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The Long House (The Dyers, Amsterdam)

Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Accession no: A 1902-5
State: 6/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Photo: Herbert Boswank  
Provenance:Sold by Whistler to the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden in 1901 on the occasion of the International Art Exhibition.  

 

Paper size:164 x 270 mm  
Plate mark size:164 x 270 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:shadow of tone near top margin, else clean  
Note on foul biting:very fine and light pitting across figures and parts of the middle ground  
Print note:partly printed very dryly, resulting in broken lines like on the far right  

 

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:49 mm from left, 3 x 10 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4060307  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.