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The Lime-Burner

Boston Public Library
Accession no: W.1195
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Knoedler & Co., New York. 'Gift EVRT Feb 18, 1919' (BPL records);acquired by Albert H. Wiggin (1868-1951), Boston for Boston Public Library, MA., February 1919  

 

Paper size:438 x 290 mm  
Plate mark size:253 x 177 mm  
Note on size:narrow margin  
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:Some in shadows, otherwise clean wiped  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A good impression.  

 

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'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'M.45 W.44'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0460240  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.