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188

Old Battersea Bridge

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie
Accession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 2
State: 5/7

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France  
Provenance:Atherton Curtis (1863-1944), Paris; given in 1943 to the Cabinet des estampes, Bibliothèque nationale de France  
Additional acq. no:D.07374  

 

Paper size:205 x 289 mm  
Plate mark size:199 x 289 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:above and under bridge, below bridge wiped vertically|; darker to edges  
Note on foul biting:-  
Print note:fine impression ;minor ink reticulation in upper left corner  

 

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:on tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly' imp.'  
Note on the tab:59 mm from left, 5 x 16 mm; butterfly of 1886/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:recto red oval stamp 'B.N. EST' (Lugt 400) / black stamp (upside down) at top left corner 'D.07374', the same stamp lower right corner (fainter)  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1770409  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.