19The Dog on the KennelBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: P11768 State: 1/2 |
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Image credit: | |
Provenance: | Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris; probably sold at auction, Sotheby, London, 30 April 1876 (lot 747), bought by Wilson, £0.8.0. Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896), New York; purchased by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, November 1897, Harvey D. Parker Collection. |
Paper size: | 208 x 247 mm |
Plate mark size: | 72 x 90 mm |
Note on size: | mfa says 209 x 247 |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | modern laid |
Note on the paper: | page from notebook or ledger. |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | none |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | faint brownish tone overall |
Note on foul biting: | At the edge of the plate. |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
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: | 'BURTY' red stamp on recto (Lugt 413); verso, red stamp 'H.F.S.' (H.F. Sewall, Lugt 1309); MFA (Lugt 1870) |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '1768' in pen; ('RT xx) a dog by Whistler' on recto |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0180113 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.