16The KitchenBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 33.14 State: 2/3 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | |
Provenance: | Robert Treat Paine, II (1835-1910); given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, January 1933. |
Paper size: | 322 x 245 mm |
Plate mark size: | 226 x 155 mm |
Other size: | 225 x 154 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | tan |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine |
Note on the paper: | mounted on off-white wove |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | none |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light tone, giving a warm impression, and wiped cleaner at the window. |
Note on foul biting: | particularly at bottom, and textured area |
Print note: | Reasonable impression, effective in the shadows. |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.' (faint) |
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: | The Delatre inscription is faint. [where to put this? Above or here as a note?] |
Collector's mark: | MFA (Lugt 282) |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'The Kitchen etched by Whistler Plate destroyed This Impression of the early printing and finest quality' |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0240210 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.