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The Little Mast

Boston Public Library
Accession no: W.968
State: 3/8

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:From the '1st Venice set' acquired from Knoedler's, New York, August 1923 ('For the set BAGEJ');acquired by Albert H. Wiggin (1868-1951), Boston for Boston Public Library, MA.  

 

Paper size:293 x 216 mm  
Plate mark size:266 x 186 mm  
Note on size:margin  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:similar to K1870224  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:moderate overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:a light impression, a bit thin  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:belwo left: shaded butterfly 'imp.'  
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:pencil butterfly of 1880/1881  
Collector's mark:'AHW' bird stamp (A. H. Wiggin, Lugt 2820a) in margin; 'CA' [?] in pencil on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'c 26742' on verso [probably Knoedler's]  
Misc inscriptions by others:illegible scribble  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1850116  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.