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Bead Stringers

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: 2005.263

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Knoedler & Co., New York (stcok no. mk 33269). Given by Patricia Cornwell to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, 2005.  

 

Paper size:225 x 150 mm  
Plate mark size:225 x 150 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):modern laid  
Note on the paper:cream quite darkened  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clean wiped  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A crease just to right of centre goes half way up the image.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'37' above the door  
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 probably 1886; 6mm height; 39-56mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:a pencil extended triangle on its side (longest side vertical on left) on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'mk 33269' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'?'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1980814  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.