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Rotherhithe

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 27.1401
State: 6/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Horatio Greenough Curtis (d. ca 1923), Boston; bequeathed to Mrs Horatio Greenough Curtis; bequeathed to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, June/ July 1927, received September 1940.  

 

Paper size:388 x 251 mm  
Plate mark size:275 x 198 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  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:fleur-de-lis over VOL  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:moderate tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:a good, clear impression with some burr on the pillar and on the men's hats, not much on the boat behind them  

 

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: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:pen and brown ink on verso: 17th? Century, Greek and page reference; '93/8 x 12 3/4'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0660334  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.