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Newspaper-Stall, Rue de Seine

Boston Public Library
Accession no: ?
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Merrill Gift to Boston Public Library, MA, 23 March 1960 (23-60-024).  

 

Paper size:86 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:83 x 200 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): laid  
Note on the paper:'modern' (post-1800)  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none visible  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clean wiped, some tone lower edge  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:fine, vivid impression in warm black ink  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:on signboard top centre: '[H]OTEL / [D]E / [RO]ME / […]EMENTS ? / HAM[…] / […]MEUBLE[…]'; on magazines in window: '[??]LPRI', '[?]ABU[?]', 'GIL BLAS'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:32-42mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'BPL / MB' (Merrill Bequest) oval stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Merrill Gift / Mar. 23-60-024 Rue de Seine' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4320209  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.