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Chelsea Bridge and Church

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: C.A.I. 137
State: 6/7

Collection credit:Constantine Alexander Ionides Collection  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Constantine Alexander Ionides, London; bequeathed to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1901.  
Additional acq. no:Ionides 8a  

 

Paper size:122 x 192 mm  
Plate mark size:101 x 169 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The watermark is perfectly centered.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Beehive DEDB  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:some emphasis on darker areas on the left side, else residual tone  
Note on foul biting:band of very fine pitting along top edge  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:recto lower left corner red circular stamp, crowned 'CAI' (Lugt 488)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso bottom centre black ink: 'C.A.I. 137.'; verso pencil lower left: 'W. 85.'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0950506  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.