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171

Free Trade Wharf

Boston Public Library
Accession no: W.1160
State: 4/8

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Frederick Goulding (1842-1909), London. Albert H. Wiggin (1868-1951), Boston; Bresler Co., November 1923 ('EJU'); acquired by Boston Public Library, MA.  

 

Paper size:171 x 263 mm  
Plate mark size:99 x 187 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:warm black  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly (faint)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'[…]CKS', back to front, on roof of wharf building  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:see Inscriptions  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Bon à tirer - Whistler'  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):'Coll F. Goulding Imp.'  
Notes on inscriptions:The butterfly is faint  
Collector's mark:'AHW' bird stamp (A. H. Wiggin, Lugt 2820a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'87766' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Coll. F. Goulding Imp.'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1630518  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.