52Longshore menBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 25.1284 State: 3/4 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow; bought by H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1903; sold between 1904 and 1906. Francis Bullard (1862-1913), Boston; passed to his cousin Ellen Twistleton Bullard (1865-1959), Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, November 1925. |
| Paper size: | 231 x 312 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 224 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | moderate tone in shadows, especially at left edge |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A good clean impression in warm black ink with no burr. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler - 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly 'imp.' below platemark |
| 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: | 'B.M.' (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); 'FB' (F. Bullard, Lugt 982) on verso; MFA (Lugt 282). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '43 / M44'; verso, '45' on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0450109 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.