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51

Billingsgate

Boston Public Library
Accession no: ?
State: 9/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Albert H. Wiggin (1868-1951), Boston. Acquired in exchange with Louis Black by Boston Public Library, MA, 10 April 1944.  

 

Paper size:239 x 347 mm  
Plate mark size:151 x 225 mm  
Note on size:broad margin  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):modern laid  
Note on the paper:gilt edges (from book)  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clean wiped  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Portfolio 1878 printing?  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:'BPL' bird stamp (Boston Public Library, Lugt 2820); (A. H. Wiggin, Lugt 2820a) (by Library)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'F.1878-8'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0470829  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.