166Price's Candle FactoryColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.410 State: 2b/13 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London (seen in collection by Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929), London, according to Kennedy, 1910); sold at Sotheby, Wlikinson and Hodge, London, 7 (3?) March 1892 (lot 203), F. Wedmore, £2.5.0. John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago. C. G. Boerner, New York; bought by Peter Lunder, 11 October 2001; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007. |
| Additional acq. no: | 010.2002 |
| Paper size: | 197 x 308 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 150 x 227 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid, 'antique' |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | clean - wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1. [imp?] 17. X' on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | before butterfly |
| Collector's mark: | 'JHH' blind stamp (Hutchinson, Lugt 2921); Wrenn (Lugt 1475); 'LZ' [?] |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '- LZ -'; 'Z4.646' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1540206 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.