188Old Battersea BridgeBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: M20013 State: 5/7 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Denman W. Ross (1852-1935), Cambridge, MA; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, September 1903. |
| Paper size: | 290 x 444 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 203 x 298 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | thick, but like japan, check |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | very dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very slight overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | a good impression in warm black ink with a little burr |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly 'imp' below left |
| 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 1879 |
| Collector's mark: | MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1770407 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.