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The Fishing Boat

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1942.15.25
State: 6/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Given by Mr and Mrs J. Watson Webb to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, memory of Mr and Mrs H. O. Havemeyer, 1942.  
Additional acq. no:B-2461  

 

Paper size:165 x 232 mm  
Plate mark size:157 x 232 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:'WW' countermark  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with plate tone over the water in the foreground, with vertical wiping mark  
Note on foul biting:tiny flecks and acid droplets at the centre of the plate; prominent scraping marks on the sky and at the left and right sides  
Print note:the tone has a yellowy-brown look, the ink warm black  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:yes  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler' (upside down) at lower left on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 49 to 68mm from left, height 8mm; butterly of 1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2080306  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.