29Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, ParisBoston Public LibraryAccession no: w.305 State: 5/5 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | American Art Association, auction, 12 March 1918 (BPL record 'CE'); (BPL record 'July 1919 CF'); acquired by Albert H. Wiggin (1868-1951), Boston; Boston Public Library, MA, 1919 (Wiggin) |
| Paper size: | 238 x 134 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 89 mm |
| Note on size: | margin |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid 'modern' |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | crown with three plumes over [J?] and M |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | fairly cleanly wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler 1858' ('s' reversed) |
| 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: | 'AHW' bird stamp (A. H. Wiggin, Lugt 2820a) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '77299' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'very rare' on recto; 'Hx.' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0230533 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.