11En Plein SoleilBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: P11767 State: 3/3 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896), New York; purchased by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Harvey D. Parker Collection, November 1897. |
| Paper size: | 304 x 354 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 100 x 134 mm |
| Other size: | 99 x 133 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine |
| Note on the paper: | mounted on off white wove |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very light residual tone |
| Note on foul biting: | A large area bounded by a firm wavy line inside where acid resistant varnished was painted around the edge of the plate at the bottom left corner. |
| Print note: | Clear impression though there are vertical scratches across the sky at left. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler'; and a faint 'Whistler' with 's' reversed in upper left corner |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. ['J' reversed] 171.' |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'H.F.S.' stamp (Sewall, Lugt 1309) on verso; MFA (Lugt 1870) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '3570' on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Whistler' / ' in full sunlight' on recto; 'ax' on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0150226 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.