246Alderney StreetBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: M20023 State: reproduction B/3 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Sylvester Rosa Koehler (1837-1900), first MFA curator of prints, Boston Museum of Fine Arts. |
| Paper size: | 384 x 279 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 175 x 110 mm |
| Other size: | 165 x 102 image mm |
| Note on size: | platemark to outside edge of bevel |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | electrotype |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | moderate overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | This is an electrotype from Gazette des Beaux-Arts. This plate removed from copy of S. R. Koehler, Etching (NY:1885), facing p. 162 |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'A Street in London' lower left |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Taken from S. R. Keohler's book on Etching' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2380z05 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.