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Rotherhithe

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 23.1245
State: 2/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:P. and D. Colnaghi, London, sold in May 1901 to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 35107). , for £7.8.0; Francis Bullard (1862-1913), Boston; passed to his brother Dr William Norton Bullard (1853-1931), Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, April 1923.  

 

Paper size:370 x 266 mm  
Plate mark size:275 x 200 mm  
Note on size:the paper is slightly The sheet is unevenly cut, with rough edges at right and bottom  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): laid  
Note on the paper:'modern'  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:fragment of large manufacturer's name  
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 very interesting early impression in warm black ink  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1860.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp.'  
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:pencil butterfly of 1888/1890  
Collector's mark:'FB' (F. Bullard, Lugt 982); MFA (Lugt 282)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 35107', '13377', 'MX -' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'by Whistler Rotherhithe Trial Proof' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0660109  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.