198The Fishing BoatNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8543 State: 4/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Loys Delteil (b. 1869), Paris. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10607 |
| Paper size: | 163 x 232 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 156 x 225 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | partial Strasbourg Lily |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light, fairly even overall tone; some speckling at right (from dust?) |
| Note on foul biting: | tiny flecks and acid droplets at the centre of the plate; the scraping marks have been removed |
| Print note: | NB: it is possible that the butterfly is removed in the next state? (Kennedy's four may not differ otherwise from three?) |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | yes |
| 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: | tab 40 to 52mm from left; butterfly signature not by Whistler |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Loys Delteil (Lugt 773); 'LJR' Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 17606b |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Kennedy number and title at lower left on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2080309 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.