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172

London Bridge

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 6/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © New York Public Library  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911).  

 

Paper size:224 x 350 mm  
Plate mark size:156 x 233 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:beehive  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black (warm)  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Soft, light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'123' at recto upper left  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1530501  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.