51BillingsgateBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 35.1172 State: 9/9 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Given by Whistler to Henry L. Higginson, Boston, according to a note by Higginson, inscribed to his son, Alexander Henry Higginson (b. 1876); bequeathed by Mrs Henry Lee Higginson, Sr., Boston, to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, July 1935. |
| Paper size: | 205 x 265 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 226 mm |
| Note on size: | The sheet has irregular edges at right and bottom. |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream (yellow) |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | slight overall tone. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A good impression in warm black ink. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| 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: | Two labels: (1) V.G.Fischer Art Galleries, 527-9 15th Street, Washington; (2) 'Etching by Whistler Billingsgate - belonged to H.L. Higginson to whom he gave it. To my son A.H. Higginson' |
| Collector's mark: | MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '36085' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0470821 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.