Harvard Art Museums > R218NA: The Lime-Burner Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Lime-Burner (James Abbott McNeill Whistler) , R218NA,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/250096. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number R218NA People James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England) Title The Lime-Burner Other Titles Alternate Title: The Limeburner Series/Book Title: A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects, 1871 Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1859 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/250096 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching and drypoint printed with plate tone in black ink on off-white wove paper Technique Etching and drypoint Dimensions plate: 25 x 17.8 cm (9 13/16 x 7 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: in plate: Whistler/1859; in sheet margin: butterfly insignia; verso: butterfly inscription: verso, at right, graphite: 218. inscription: in plate, lower right, ink, etched. There is also a barely visible drypoint signature in the lower left corner.: Whistler. 1859. inscription: in lower sheet margin, left of center, graphite: [butterfly] inscription: verso, lower right of plate corner, graphite: fine proof - / [butterfly] Provenance Recorded Ownership History H. Wunderlich and Co., Sold to Fogg Art Museum, 1898. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State Glasgow i/ii Standard Reference Number Kennedy 46, Glasgow 55 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, John Witt Randall Fund Object Number R218NA Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
