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Old Westminster Bridge

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Accession no: WAG 2496

Collection credit:Bequeathed by James Smith (of Blundellsands)  
Image credit:  
Provenance:James Smith (1831-1923), Blundellsands; bequeathed to the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1923.  
Additional acq. no:BW 644  

 

Paper size:98 x 227 mm  
Plate mark size:74 x 202 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:stuck down on a backing sheet.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Unable to examine properly.  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a medium, uneven print tone; it is used selectively in water and sky.  
Note on foul biting:There is pitting particularly towards the left and right edges.  
Print note:There is a slightly mottled effect from wiping.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1859' ('t' not crossed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:Unable to examine verso as stuck down on secondary support.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'IN2496' (x 2), '2876D' on recto, at lower edge.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0390230  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.