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Ponte del Piovan

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 887
State: 5/6

Collection credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Purchased from the Estate of Sir Donald Pollok by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1964.  
Additional acq. no:P.2653  

 

Paper size:246 x 172 mm  
Plate mark size:224 x 149 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:light buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:fine light-weight paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone, not at edge  
Note on foul biting:tiny dots like grains of dust, under the bridge particularly but in fact overall.  
Print note:soft area of dryoint on the distant boat and under the arch.  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

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

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2090506  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.