55The Lime-BurnerBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 25.1285 State: 1/2 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Percy Thomas (1846-1922), London. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 36379). Francis Bullard (1862-1913), Boston; passed to his cousin Ellen Twistleton Bullard (1865-1959), Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, November 1925 (or, bought from Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, jr (1863-1912), Boston). |
| Paper size: | 385 x 283 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 251 x 175 mm |
| Note on size: | Sheet has irregular bottom edge. |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid, dirty on the left, and has a roughly torn edge at the bottom. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none visible |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Tone over the foreground, no bare spot; slight overall tone, more ink at top (retroussage) |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | warmer tone than most; |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1859 -.' (underlined, lower right corner; 'Whistler', lower left corner, partially removed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | |
| 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: | crossed 'T' in pen (Thomas, Lugt 2450); 'FB' stamp (F. Bullard, Lugt 2450); 'TJC' in pencil; MFA (T. J. Coolidge, Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 36379' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'One of the very first taken' on recto (indistinct) |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0460107 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.