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The Lime-Burner

Boston Public Library
Accession no: W.296
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Knoedler & Co., New York. Albert H. Wiggin (1868-1951), Boston, July 1919 ('IEJ'); given to Boston Public Library, MA.  

 

Paper size:274 x 186 mm  
Plate mark size:252 x 178 mm  
Note on size:broad margin  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japanese  
Note on the paper:wide spaced lines ; thinnest  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Some tone in shadows; river, figure and well behind beautifully highlighted.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler -'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'1859 -'  
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:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'AHW' bird stamp (A. H. Wiggin, Lugt 2820a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'mk 22684' on recto; '14893 m'  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0460127  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.