308Dipping the FlagBoston Public LibraryAccession no: W.378 State: 1/4 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan Macgeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow; E. G. Kennedy, Wunderlich & Co., (stock no. a 37381) 1903, £5.0.0. Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York; A.A. Hahlo & Co., New York, 1919; Albert H. Wiggin (1868-1951); given to Boston Public Library, MA., September 1919. |
| Paper size: | 85 x 176 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 81 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 |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | slight overall tone, slightly heavier at left and top right edge |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | warm black |
| 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: | Pencil butterfly dates from 1887; 36-47mm from right |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' stamp (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394) ; 'EGK' (Kennedy, Lugt 857); 'HHB' (H.H. Benedict, L. 2936) stamps on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 37381' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'H-H-Zo'; 'amBr; '9' - W Kennedy stamp'' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3250103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.