198The Fishing BoatBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 50.232 State: 2/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © 2011 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Provenance: | Possibly sold at auction, 15 October 1945. Knoedler & Co., New York. L. Aaron Lebowich, Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, February 1950. |
| Paper size: | 167 x 235 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 157 x 232 mm |
| Note on size: | not quite trimmed to platemark, ca 2mm margin at top; 1mm marg sides |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | dirty; somewhat thick, possibly 'modern' (post 1800) |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | none visible |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pretty clean wiped, some tone below boat |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Fishing boat Venice' on verso; of tab; '4r' |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' on recto, '4-' on verso |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1886; tab 7 mm ht/36-57mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | This could be an early proof, possibly the fourth impression printed in Venice, given the number '4-' written on the tab, and despite the slightly later butterfly signature. |
| Collector's mark: | MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c.7515' crossed out; 'MK32551' ; 'C15942' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'F208 Fishing Boat' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2080102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.