215Long LagoonBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 25.1289 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | |
Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 40340). , February 1906. Francis Bullard (1862-1913), Boston; his cousin Ellen Twistleton Bullard (1865-1959), Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, November 1925. |
Additional acq. no: | M 30943 |
Paper size: | 162 x 229 mm |
Plate mark size: | 151 x 227 mm |
Note on size: | 1mm around (trimmed, just about) |
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: | shield with post horn (partial), WR below |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light tone at the top, a lovely warm light tone at the bottom; considerable in water toward bottom, a little upper right corner |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | warm black |
Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'No.4' on verso |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | tab 51-71 mm from left; pencil butterfly of 1880 |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'FB' stamp ( Bullard, Lugt 982); MFA (Lugt 282) |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 40340' on verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K2030108 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.