95Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)Boston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 25.1287 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Francis Bullard (1862-1913), Boston; passed to his cousin Ellen Twistleton Bullard (1865-1959), Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, November 1925. |
| Paper size: | 166 x 211 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 112 x 151 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| 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: | very light, soft tone, quite soft and atmospheric; moderate overall tone dpb |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler - ' ['t' not crossed] |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly 'imp' under watermark |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: | 1890s butterfly mfm 2006; below left [butterfly] imp. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1890s |
| Collector's mark: | 'FB' stamp (Bullard, Lugt 982); MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 11 W79 |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0750133 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.