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188

Old Battersea Bridge

Boston Public Library
Accession no: W.300
State: 4/7

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Obach & Co., London; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1901 (stock no. a35083, £20); sold to unidentified collector. Arthur H. Hahlo, New York, 13 February 1919 ('BJUJ'); 'July 1919 EJUJ'. Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, Naugatuck. Acquired by Alfred H. Wiggin (1868-1951); given to Boston Public Library, MA, 1941.  

 

Paper size:250 x 378 mm  
Plate mark size:201 x 296 mm  
Note on size:wide margin  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Strasbourg Lily  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Slight tone overall, slightly darker in the sky.  
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:below right shaded butterfly 'imp.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'*. 11'  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of 1879  
Collector's mark:'AHW' bird stamp (A. H. Wiggin, Lugt 2820a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 35083'; 'a 7255'; '7602'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'*11' (following Whistler's signature) 'Old Battersea Bridge'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1770302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.