216The Little LagoonBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 58.1078 State: 3/4 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | The Fine Art Society, London, sold with 8 impressions of this etching for £35 to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, May 1896 (stock no. a27045). Lee M. Friedman, Boston; given by his estate to Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA, 13 November 1958. |
| Paper size: | 231 x 153 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 227 x 153 mm |
| Note on size: | The sheet is unevenly cut at the bottom |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid, 'antique' |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone at the bottom; moderate overall tone, heavier in bottom half, angling toward upper left - also stronger at upper left corner |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | warm black ink; the gondolier looks vary dark, there is a scratch to right of the schooner |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1886; 33-45mm from right |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 27045' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Bla / 29' and '54' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1860212 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.