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Soupe à trois sous

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 23.1244
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, jr (1863-1912), Boston. Francis Bullard (1862-1913), Boston; passed to his brother Dr William Norton Bullard (1853-1931), Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, April 1923.  

 

Paper size:218 x 314 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 226 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:quite thin  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Slightest tone lower part, left edge - otherwise clean wiped.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Very good impression.  

 

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:'B.M.' (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); 'J.C' (T. J. Coolidge, Lugt 1429); 'FB' (Bullard, Lugt 982); MFA (Lugt 282) all on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'27 M49 Whistler', '25' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0490109  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.