Harvard Art Museums > M3178: The Mast 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 Mast (James Abbott McNeill Whistler) , M3178,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/262714. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M3178 People James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England) Title The Mast Other Titles Series/Book Title: Venice, A Series of Twelve Etchings, 1880 Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1879 - 1880 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/262714 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching and drypoint printed with plate tone at the plate's edges in brownish-black ink on off-white antique laid paper Technique Etching Dimensions sheet: 34 x 16.3 cm (13 3/8 x 6 7/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: butterfy tab; in plate: butterfly insignia inscription: dependent tab, below the bottom plate edge, left, graphite: [butterfly] imp. inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: a 38265 inscription: verso, lower right corner, graphite: Wx o o collector's mark: THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 3178 [Lugt 936] watermark: letters: illegible inscription: etched at left edge just below center, faint: [butterfly] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Charles Bain Hoyt. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State Glasgow xii/xii[?] Standard Reference Number Kennedy 195, Glasgow 219 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt Accession Year 1927 Object Number M3178 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