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London Bridge

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.358
State: 1/6

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 9 November 1898) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:218 x 330 mm  
Plate mark size:158 x 232 mm  
Note on size:.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:beehive DEDB  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light plate tone near the plate edges and over the buildings and boats under the bridge  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The drypoint lines on the structure atop the pier at right print strongly, with considerable burr; these lines appear to be on the first state impression illustrated by Kennedy but are either worn, underinked or burr has been reduced/removed on his impression of the second state  

 

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: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:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W123 - 1st state before the monogram' by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1530102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.