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349

Fish Women, Ostend

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.349
State: 1/2

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Louis B. Dailey (1904-2000), New York; sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 21 October 2003; bought by Peter Lunder, 31 October 2003; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:031.2003  

 

Paper size:92 x 127 mm  
Plate mark size:92 x 127 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid paper  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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 of 1887/1888  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' (Mansfield, L. 1342); 'HW' (Whittemore, L. 1384a); 'LBD' stamp in square with angled corners (Louis B. Dailey, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:'c 7525' (partly erased)  
Misc inscriptions by others:'14', 'MARKET OSTEND'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3490104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.