268Chelsea EmbankmentBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 50.236 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Possibly sold at auction, 26 April 1947. L. Aaron Lebowich, Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, February 1950. |
| Paper size: | 106 x 255 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 44 x 134 mm |
| Note on size: | Sheet is irregular at the top three sides |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | modern laid |
| Note on the paper: | printed at a slight angle on the sheet |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very slight overall, heavier at left and right edges |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | flecks, quite fine line |
| 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: | 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: | '2987' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '4-26-57', '283/61' collector, on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2600105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.