39The Music RoomFogg Art Museum, HarvardAccession no: M12109 State: 2/4 |
| Collection credit: | Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Edwin de T. Bechtel |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Morris Schapiro (1903-1996); Given by Edwin de Turck Bechtel (1880-1957) to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA. |
| Paper size: | 185 x 282 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 144 x 214 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid, 'antique' |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very light overall tone, particularly on the right, giving softer shadows, but wiped clean on the light and table; not so richly printed as others - almost clean wiped. |
| Note on foul biting: | At right and bottom left. |
| Print note: |
| 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: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Schapiro (Lugt 1918 bis) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | illegible, verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'The Music Room', 'c - m y' (not clear) on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0330221 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.