196The Little MastKupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen DresdenAccession no: A 1919-106 State: 1/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Photo: Herbert Boswank |
| Provenance: | Woldemar von Seidlitz (1850-1922), Dresden; given to the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 267 x 186/187 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 265 x 186 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Foolscap |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | generally even plate tone, slightly darker in top and bottom left corners |
| Note on foul biting: | patch of foul biting lower right, and in top right corner (from clamps?) |
| Print note: | ink reticulation lower left; 'tidal line' of ink lower margin 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: | see signature on tab and inscr. by Whistler on paper |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'very early proof -' and butterfly on verso in lower right corner |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 40 mm from left, 4 x 12 mm, butterfly of 1890s |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | brown round stamp on verso centre ( Kupferstichkabinett, Lugt 1616). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '2108' on verso lower right |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | verso lower right, illegible |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1850114 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.