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Custom House

Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession no: 1996.48.11675
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art  
Provenance:George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996.  

 

Paper size:194 x 300 mm  
Plate mark size:84 x 188 mm  
Note on size:uneven edge at top  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' (pre 1800) laid paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light, even overall tone  
Note on foul biting:light foul biting at top left and bottom right  
Print note:a good clear impression; a few diagonal scratches at upper left, and more faintly at upper right  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp' below platemark  
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:pencil butterfly of 1878/1881  
Collector's mark:'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION' stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:old writing on verso starting 'Halicum anare supt: 20.1 (?)'; '29' encircled on verso; '128' in pen on recto, 'A Riverside Sketch' rubbed out on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1500104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.