214San GiorgioHamburger KunsthalleAccession no: 30464 State: 5/5 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: |
| Paper size: | 208 x 301 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 208 x 301 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | recto 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: | radially wiped tone, darkening towards the margins with darkest parts in the corners |
| Note on foul biting: | some foul biting near lower margin; fine pitting across signature and boats; scattered pits in sky might not be foul bitten but drawn |
| Print note: | ink reticulation mainly in left corners, some also at 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: | on tab |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp' |
| Note on the tab: | 92 mm from left, 7 x 16 mm; butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | verso left: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '1772' on verso lower right; '30464' on verso below collector's mark |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | verso lower right: 'San Giorgio'; lower right corner: 'W 167' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2010415 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.