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The Open Book

Boston Public Library
Accession no: ?
State: C/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Album acquired by Boston Public Library, MA.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Note on size:margin  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):modern laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Van G / (cursive)  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:impression from cancelled plate  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler / 1861.' ('l' crossed, 't' uncrossed)  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K0840205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.