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Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: M23408
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 35053). Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York; bequeathed to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, October 1913.  

 

Paper size:184 x 299 mm  
Plate mark size:  
Note on size:paper flattened - the platemark is indecipherable  
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:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:overall even grey tone  
Note on foul biting:minor dots and scratches  
Print note:  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:pencil triangle on verso (not in Lugt); 'FK' oval stamp (F. Keppel, Lugt 1023) on recto; MFA (Lugt 282)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 35053' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0010119  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.