39The Music RoomFogg Art Museum, HarvardAccession no: 2005.283 |
| Collection credit: | Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Robert Rice (b. 1925). Given by Patricia Cornwell to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, 2005. |
| Paper size: | 233 x 358 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 144 x 215 mm |
| Note on size: | The sheet has a broad margin, and uneven edges |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | modern laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | shield with curlicue initials? |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Heavier tone at right. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Rich, dark and dramatic impression. |
| 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 in pencil below impression |
| 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: | verso, one a circle in brown with monogram 'RR', (Rice)the first R reversed; the second a purple square with angular design, possibly incorporating 'S .V. S'; unidentified not in L (Lugt 2368b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '18436', '3' and '440' on recto; verso, '9280' or 'J 280' or 'I 280' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'RX', 'M31' , 'K33II', ' 3', '440', '23x16' on recto; '9280' (black ink) 'WHIS !%!'; 'DTIMARHH' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0330207 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.