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The Lime-Burner

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 27.1400
State: 2/2

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:389 x 250 mm  
Plate mark size:251 x 175 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 paper with a rough edge on the right  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:fleur-de-lis over J H & Zoo […]  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Slightest overall tone, wiped clean to highlight centre wall (?) retroussage in darkest areas.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A strong impression, with conspicuous flecks and graininess.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler -'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'1859 -'  
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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'9x12" 1189' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0460206  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.