16The KitchenBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 27.1398 State: 3/3 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Horatio Greenough Curtis (d. about 1923), Boston; Mrs Horatio Greenough Curtis; bequeathed, June or July 1927, received September 1940. |
| Paper size: | 235 [with tab] x 158 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 227 x 157 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | modern laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | crown (?) / GR |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Considerable tone at bottom, wiped cleaner on the window. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The wall is more flecked than in earlier state |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.' (faint) |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp -' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 25-42 mm from left; pencil butterfly dates from 1886/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The Delatre inscription is faint; the double circles larger than usual size; single one comparable mfm dates butterfly to 1886/87 (2006) |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '84072' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'vv oo o lfy xr Plate destroyed'; illegible inscription on verso, possibly 'wy tv' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0240305 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.