70RotherhitheFogg Art Museum, HarvardAccession no: R214NA State: 6/6 |
Collection credit: | Fogg Art Museum, John Witt Randall Fund |
Image credit: | |
Provenance: | Acquired by the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA. |
Paper size: | 353 x 248 mm |
Plate mark size: | 275 x 199 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
Note on the paper: | Broad margin |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | none |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | Finer lines print more distinctly here, better than 2005.282 - burr on hands of figures |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | A very fine, rich impression with strong burr, but not blurred lines; it has a real lustre and glow. |
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: | butterfly 'imp -' |
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: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '214' on verso |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0660336 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.