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Sketching

Boston Public Library
Accession no: ?
State: reproduction/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bought for '$15.100' [sic?] by Boston Public Library, MA, 31 August 1954 ('8-31-54-007').  

 

Paper size:157 x 230 mm  
Plate mark size:120 x 166 mm  
Note on size:narrow margin  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:page from published book  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pretty light, but slightly stronger than other BPL  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.' ('t' not crossed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
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' (Merrill Bequest)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'zon / 8-31-54-007' (BPLno.)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0860410  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.