218The PiazzettaKupferstichkabinett BerlinAccession no: 452-1882 State: 4/9 |  |
| 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: | 315 x 224 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 255 x 180 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove Japan or Asian |
| Note on the paper: | thick, a little shiny but half-transparent, like K1880306 and K1920314 |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | medium plate tone, lighter in centre |
| Note on foul biting: | faint granular tone on column, pitting across people and pigeons |
| Print note: | horizontal scratches at bottom, light grey ink spots at lower 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: | pencil below platemark left: butterfly 'imp' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '7. x' on recto in lower right margin |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: | - |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'KOENIGLICHES KUPFERSTICHKABINETT' (Lugt 1612) brown oval stamp at verso centre |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1890310 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.