51BillingsgateBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 50.226 State: 8/9 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Frederick Goulding (1842-1909), London. L. Aaron Lebowich, Boston, by whom given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, February 1950. |
| Paper size: | 238 x 381 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 226 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | full margin |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | clean wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A lovely impression. |
| 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 |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Bon à tirer' |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | 'Coll. F. Goulding Imp' |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The pencil butterfly dates from 1878. |
| Collector's mark: | MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Whistler', 'Billingsgate', 'K. 47 III 5/2/46 C+B' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0470710 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.