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Limehouse

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: P11777
State: 5/6

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:149 x 224 mm  
Plate mark size:125 x 202 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):modern laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:DE ERVEN DE BLAUW  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:mostly clean wiped, with residual tone at bottom  
Note on foul biting:extensive, foul biting, flecks and textured areas  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1859'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'...UR MAC…' above the bow window at top right; 'CURTIS GIN' ('N' reversed) on the signboard in the background.  
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:'H.F.S.' red stamp (Sewall, Lugt 1309) on verso; MFA (Lugt 1870)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0400327  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.