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186

Little Putney Bridge

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 187-1908
State: 2/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Obach & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1908, for £3.  

 

Paper size:205 x 319 mm  
Plate mark size:132 x 206 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:unidentified watermark, script letters  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Light even residual tone; some tone added to trees and bridge piers  
Note on foul biting:Loose scattered pitting across plate  
Print note:Drypoint lines on trees at far right?  

 

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:recto below platemark, left: blind stamp from Printsellers' Association  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'16' recto lower right corner  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1790106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.