86The ForgeHamburger KunsthalleAccession no: 30447 State: 4/6 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Kunsthalle, Hamburg. |
| Paper size: | 228 x 347 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 195 x 315 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff (possibly darkened) |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | uneven tone; two shades of tone clearly set against each other in lower left corner |
| Note on foul biting: | - |
| Print note: | lines on left side heavily inked to conceal breaking down; some fine white spots and lines from print creasing (or possibly from dust on press) |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1861.' ( 't' not crossed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| 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: | '8538 / scr' on verso lower left; '9332' on verso right |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W.66' on verso at lower right; centre, '30447' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0680328 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.