61FinetteBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 1984.47 State: 12/14 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © 2011 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Provenance: | Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London. Royal Library, Windsor; Thomas Agnew, London. William P. Carl, Boston, from whom purchased by MFA, 1984 |
| Paper size: | 339 x 247 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 286 x 200 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | modern laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none visible |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | quite cleanly wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | soft lines of drypoint in background; light burr, deep black shadow; rich dense inking blending with burr in dress |
| 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: | 'Whistler' bottom right (faint) |
| 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: | 'JHH' circular blind stamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921); 'VR' crowned, oval stamp (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535); MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '9605' recto; 'R…56' (erased) |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'no5' circled; '5' and 'Cxwm [circle with vertical slash]'; 'lxy xv[underlined] ø', on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0580802 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.