39The Music RoomBoston Public LibraryAccession no: W.3177 State: 1/4 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Hahlo, 3 March 1930 ('Harlow 3/3/30 BEJ', BPL records); acquired by Albert H. Wiggin (1868-1951), Boston for Boston Public Library, MA. |
| Paper size: | 181 x 245 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 144 x 215 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | Oatmeal effect of paper; textury, with short blue and brown fibres throughout. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Heavy tone upper right, pretty clean-wiped elsewhere- lamp, etc, not strongly highlighted- dark paper also mutes effect. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' stamp (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394) ; 'AHW' bird stamp (A. H. Wiggin, Lugt 2820a) on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 37216' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '1 state' '22' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0330115 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.