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Longshore men

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: M23405
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York; bequeathed to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, October 1913, as the 'Frederick Keppel Memorial'.  

 

Paper size:200 x 281 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japan  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Moderate overall tone, heavier at left edge (left figure strongly highlighted)  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A good strong impression with full inking and burr, plus an effect of flecks.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler - 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:'F.K.' oval stamp (F. Keppel, L.1023) on verso; MFA (Lugt 282)  
Dealers' stock nos:'A 76004' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'150' [?] on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0450127  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.