216The Little LagoonKupferstichkabinett BerlinAccession no: 457-1882 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin |
| Provenance: | Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (ca 1840 - d.1892), London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1882, as part of a group of 301 prints for £685.7.3. |
| Paper size: | 316 x 225 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 226 x 152 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | generally light residual tone, darker at upper left and in lower 1/4 |
| Note on foul biting: | fine occasional pitting across plate, most prominent in centre near gondola |
| Print note: | white patch in lower left corner (like a lying menhir pointing 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: | butterfly 'imp' lower left |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'x' on verso at lower right corner and '.7.' on recto, lower right corner, possibly by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: | - |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'KOENIGLICHES KUPFERSTICHKABINETT' brown oval stamp at centre verso (Lugt 1612). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1860217 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.