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Ponte del Piovan

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 209
State: 5/6

Collection credit:Pennell fund, 1937  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:255 x 153 mm  
Plate mark size:225 x 153 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):[laid]  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale at top and dark over water at bottom; plate edges wiped clean (with brush?)  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Kennedy's fifth state appears to be the same as his fourth, but with lines worn (all lines that show faintly in Kennedy's illustration of fifth state are stronger in the LC impression); the only lines that may have been intentionally reduced are those at lower right  

 

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:none on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:none on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:at 31 to 45 mm; height 2 mm; butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:hinged to mount so verso not examined  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2090507  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.