70RotherhitheBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 27.1401 State: 6/6 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Horatio Greenough Curtis (d. ca 1923), Boston; bequeathed to Mrs Horatio Greenough Curtis; bequeathed to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, June/ July 1927, received September 1940. |
| Paper size: | 388 x 251 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 275 x 198 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid, 'antique' |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | fleur-de-lis over VOL |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | moderate tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | a good, clear impression with some burr on the pillar and on the men's hats, not much on the boat behind them |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1860.' |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | pen and brown ink on verso: 17th? Century, Greek and page reference; '93/8 x 12 3/4' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0660334 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.