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The Little Putney

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 58.1076
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Lee M. Friedman, Boston; given to Boston Museum of Fine Arts by his estate, 13 November 1958.  

 

Paper size:162 x 235 mm  
Plate mark size:124 x 201 mm  
Note on size:mfa said 162 x 236, 121 x 200  
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:(faint) L BUSIERE / …. / IV (??)  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Considerable overall tone, slightly brighter around big boat  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A good impression with rich burr  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'The Little, Putney'  
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:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1800305  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.