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Billingsgate

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 35.1172
State: 9/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Whistler to Henry L. Higginson, Boston, according to a note by Higginson, inscribed to his son, Alexander Henry Higginson (b. 1876); bequeathed by Mrs Henry Lee Higginson, Sr., Boston, to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, July 1935.  

 

Paper size:205 x 265 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 226 mm  
Note on size:The sheet has irregular edges at right and bottom.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream (yellow)  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight overall tone.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A good impression in warm black ink.  

 

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: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:Two labels: (1) V.G.Fischer Art Galleries, 527-9 15th Street, Washington; (2) 'Etching by Whistler Billingsgate - belonged to H.L. Higginson to whom he gave it. To my son A.H. Higginson'  
Collector's mark:MFA (Lugt 282)  
Dealers' stock nos:'36085' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0470821  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.