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Steamboat Fleet, Chelsea

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 1983.1144
State: 1/2

Collection credit:Purchase, A. Hyatt Mayor and Marjorie Starr Bequest  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Listed by E. G. Kennedy in 1910 as having been owned by Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934). Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore, Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Bequeathed by A. Hyatt Mayor and Marjorie Starr to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.  

 

Paper size:145 x 213 mm  
Plate mark size:137 x 213 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:beehive, 'DEDB'  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:This is a fine, atmospheric impression, the lines soft, with burr.  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly dates from ca 1886; tab 50-68mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HST' blind stamp (H. S. Theobald); 'HM' (Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' ( H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a) stamps on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1560103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.