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The Riva

Boston Public Library
Accession no: W.994
State: 4/4

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

 

Paper size:224 x 315 mm  
Plate mark size:200 x 295 mm  
Note on size:small margin  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
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:slight overall, slightly darker toward bottom  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:good plain impression  

 

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:below 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:  
Collector's mark:'AHW' bird stamp (A. H. Wiggin, Lugt 2820a); pencil angular 's' over 'l'  
Dealers' stock nos:'c 26748'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'lA' (scribble)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1920333  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.