50Eagle WharfBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 27.1399 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Horatio Greenough Curtis (d. ca 1923), Boston; Mrs Horatio Greenough Curtis; bequeathed to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, June/July 1927, received September 1940. |
| Paper size: | 206 x 322 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 137 x 215 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | modern laid |
| Note on the paper: | laid down on Japanese [?] backing |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | small circular, indecipherable |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | clean wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Good rich impression, with flecking, rich inking. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | on signboards: 'TYZAC, WHITELEY & Co.', 'W. BROWN / SAIL Maker / SHIPOWNER', 'EAGLE / WHARF' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | |
| 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: | MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '7 5/8 x 10 1/2' on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0410149 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.