78MillbankFogg Art Museum, HarvardAccession no: R223NA State: 5/5 |
| Collection credit: | Fogg Art Museum, John Witt Randall Fund |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Acquired by the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA. |
| Paper size: | 141 x 171 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 101 x 125 mm |
| Note on size: | margin |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | clean wiped, a little tone in boat lower left |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A fine impression with rich black lines and some burr or retroussage. Blurring of edge; snappy |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '[D]ELIGHT / 1861' on barge |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly 'imp.' 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 small pencil butterfly dates from the 1890s. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0710508 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.