155Steamboat Fleet, ChelseaMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 1983.1144 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Purchase, A. Hyatt Mayor and Marjorie Starr Bequest |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy in 1910 as having been owned by Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934). Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore, Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Bequeathed by A. Hyatt Mayor and Marjorie Starr to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983. |
| Paper size: | 145 x 213 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 137 x 213 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | beehive, 'DEDB' |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | This is a fine, atmospheric impression, the lines soft, with burr. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly dates from ca 1886; tab 50-68mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HST' blind stamp (H. S. Theobald); 'HM' (Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' ( H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a) stamps on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1560103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.