302Dry Docks, SouthamptonBoston Public LibraryAccession no: W.375 State: 1/2 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan Macgeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow; Wunderlich's, £5.0.0, 1903 (Wunderlich stockbooks). Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. E. G. Kennedy, New York; acquired by Alfred H. Wiggin (1868-1951); given to Boston Public Library, MA., September 1919 ('CHE'). |
| Paper size: | 69 x 176 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 66 x 176 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | none visible |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | moderate tone at bottom and left edge |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | lovely 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: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 44-54mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' stamp (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); Benedict (Lugt 2936); 'HWW' [?] in pencil on verso, and another scrawled monogram, 'MM' [?] illegible; Kennedy (Lugt 857); 'HW -' |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 37379' on verso; 'c273' (crossed out); |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'mmBr'; '6 w / Kennedy stamp' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3220108 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.