198The Fishing BoatPrivate collectionAccession no: - State: 1/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Image courtesy of Sotheby's, New York, 2012. |
| Image credit: | Photo Whistler Etchings Project |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy, no owner given, 1910. Sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 22 January 2006 (lot 181) ; bought by the present owner. |
| Paper size: | 168 x 235 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 154 x 231 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone, particularly in the foreground |
| Note on foul biting: | dots of foul biting at right |
| Print note: | Signs of scraping, burnishing, at left. |
| 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 1879/1880 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records |
| ID: | K2080103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.