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The Forge

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 27.1402
State: 6/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 46009). 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:246 x 368 mm  
Plate mark size:190 x 316 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:thinnest  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:moderate plate tone overall, plus much heavier in left third of plate; highlights carefully wiped  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Rich 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: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:'a 46009' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0680412  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.