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Liverdun

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: P11765
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
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:303 x 352 mm  
Plate mark size:108 x 154 mm  
Other size:104 x 154 mm  
Note on size:mfm 106 x 152, 305 x 352  
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:slightest overall tone, a good clean impression  
Note on foul biting:in the foreground and at top right  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' at upper right corner; 'J. Whistler' at lower left corner  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 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 (H.F. Sewall, Lugt 1309); MFA (Lugt 1870)  
Dealers' stock nos:'3570' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'ΓΈ g - / w - x -' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0160208  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.