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Chelsea Wharf

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 50.228
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:L. Aaron Lebowich, Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Feburary 1950.  

 

Paper size:210 x 335 mm  
Plate mark size:91 x 190 mm  
Note on size:Sheet is irregular, unevenly cut left and right  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:/black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:rather a faint impression; pale, greyish  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler / 1863 -' [butterfly]  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:on signboards, 'CHELSEA WHARF', 'THOMAS WEEKS, CHELSEA WHARF, ROMAN CEMENT AND LIME', 'CHELSEA WHARF, CLOVER, HAY AND STRAW.'  
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:MFA (Lugt 282)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'4/26/47' on recto; '5. (6.21)' [?], 'W.81', '4/26/47', 'Chelsea Wharf', ' 283-67', '48' all on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0890208  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.