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Ponte del Piovan

Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession no: 1996.48.12318
State: 5/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art  
Provenance:George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996.  

 

Paper size:236 x 152 mm  
Plate mark size:227 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid?  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:dark wet tone in the water, light even above  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:some burr on the distant gondola, much darker  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:street sign: 'PONTE DEL PIOVAN / DETTO DEL VOLTO'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1886/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2090402  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.