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The Forge

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: R212NA
State: 6/6

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, John Witt Randall Fund  
Image credit:  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 26818). Acquired by the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA.  

 

Paper size:230 x 354 mm  
Plate mark size:195 x 317 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:considerable burr; manipulated ink tone, darker at left  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A good impression with burr.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1866.' ( 't' not crossed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp.' in pencil below platemark  
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:The pencil butterfly dates from the 1890s.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 26818' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0680406  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.