219The Venetian MastBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 58.1075 State: 7/12 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Lee M. Friedman, Boston; given to Boston Museum of Fine Arts by his estate, 13 November 1958. |
| Paper size: | 348 x 167 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 342 x 164 mm |
| Other size: | see tab mm |
| Note on size: | not quite trimmed to platemark |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | fairly thick |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | nearly clean wiped, but with a slight glow, from a little smooth tone at the bottom and top of the image; slightest overal tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A good impression; note the burnished area around the man at right. |
| 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 1880/1881; 5mm ht; 21-41 mm from left |
| 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: | K1950506 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.