237San BiagioHamburger KunsthalleAccession no: 30472 State: 17/17 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: |
| Paper size: | 205 x 300 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 205 x 300 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | very fine canvas-like texture |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | graduated tone, more at bottom, wiped towards centre |
| Note on foul biting: | granular tone on figures at far right; lighter pitting left of doorway; fine pitting over figures and balcony |
| Print note: | ink dark brown to black; ink reticulation bottom left |
| 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: | on tab |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1886, 41 mm from left, 7 x 17 mm |
| 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), '30472' |
| Dealers' stock nos: | verso bottom centre: '1781'; bottom right: '1386 / o / bu / .' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | verso bottom left corner: 'J' (?) |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1970923 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.