232Upright VeniceBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 59.819 State: 4/7 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Listed by E. G. Kennedy (1910) as owned by Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, jr (1863-1912). Francis Bullard (1862-1913), Boston; private collection; anonymous gift to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1959. |
| Paper size: | 264 x 179 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 255 x 177 mm |
| Note on size: | not quite trimmed to platemark, ca. 2mm margin at top, 1mm sides and bottom |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid, 'antique' |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | post horn in shield (AIC vol. 2, p. 385, no. 182), WR below |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown almost black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | heavier tone at top of sky; in water closer to wharf (around larger gondola and boats at lower right) - vertical wiping marks |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A fine impression |
| 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: | '72' on verso of tab, possibly by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 43-64 from left; pencil butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); 'T.J.C.' in graphite pencil ; MFA stamp |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | illegible, under hinge |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2050208 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.