230Riva, No. 2Boston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: M20015 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Given to Boston Museum of Fine Arts by Denman W. Ross (1852-1935, Cambridge, MA), October 1903. |
| Paper size: | 214 x 305 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 208 x 305 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | 'IV' |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pretty cleanly wiped; slightest tone at bottom left and left edge |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | soft fleck, particularly over the bottom half, provide colour and texture. |
| 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: | 6 mm ht/tab 85-105 mm from left; pencil butterfly of 1886 |
| 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: | K2060110 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.