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Newspaper-Stall, Rue de Seine

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 171-1908
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1908 for £30.  

 

Paper size:82 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:80 x 198 mm  
Note on size:paper trimmed close to platemark  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:light blue  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light residual tone  
Note on foul biting:fine, scattered pitting across plate  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:on signboard top centre: '[H]OTEL / [D]E / [RO]ME / […]EMENTS ? / HAM[…] / […]MEUBLE[…]'; on magazines in window: '[??]LPRI', '[?]ABU[?]', 'GIL BLAS'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:not on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:not on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:-  

 

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:K4320205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.