198The Fishing BoatHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46871 State: 4/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Jules Gerbeau (d. 1906), Paris; probably sold at auction, Paris, 25-27 May 1908. Bought by the University of Glasgow from P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, January 1972, for £760. |
| Paper size: | 164 x 230 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 155 x 230 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | top Strasbourg Lily (partial) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light, even plate tone, slightly darker along the margins |
| Note on foul biting: | light pitting across plate |
| Print note: | bevel visible as lighter margin; Kennedy's state description says for state 3: butterfly removed. However, it is not completely removed here but faintly perceptible. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly (faint) |
| 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: | 52 mm from left, tab 9 x 14 mm; butterfly not by Whistler |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'JG' in a triangle stamp in red ink recto bottom right (J. Gerbeau, Lugt 1166) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '8337 vrm' on verso bottom left |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'No 178 in Cat. Wedmore / Fishing Boat - Venice'; misc. faint illegible inscriptions; on verso; '178' (underlined) bottom right verso; '13' in circle, 'C.' verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2080303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.