229The RivaBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 35.1694 State: 4/4 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Knoedler & Co., New York. Nellie Parney Carter, Boston; given by her estate to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, November 1935. |
| Additional acq. no: | M 3306 |
| Paper size: | 205 x 297 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 200 x 297 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid, 'antique' |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Strasbourg Lily over [GF ? TF ?] |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | wiped clean save for edges and a bit of tone on building upper left |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A handsome, though pale impression; the distant ships are quite strong and clear; darker, cooler ink than other MFA impression dpb |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly on verso; tab |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Chosen proof' on verso; [butterfly] |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1890s; tab 51-63mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '14889 MK' ; '19c [?]; and '1037' [?] on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 1037 RO K192-iii [andx?] |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1920306 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.