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La Vieille aux Loques

Boston Public Library
Accession no: W.1184
State: 3/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Albert H. Wiggin (1868-1951), Boston; given to Boston Public Library, MA.  

 

Paper size:261 x 194 mm  
Plate mark size:207 x 147 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese(?)  
Note on the paper:larger, darker fibres throughout; paper note; same as BPL K.24ii  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:moderate overall tone, perhaps highlighted in figures bonnet  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:good impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' ('s' reversed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.'  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'AHW' bird stamp (A. H. Wiggin, Lugt 2820a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'c 4180' and 'K 3968' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0210208  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.