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348

Charing Cross Bridge

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8605
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Sold by Whistler to Knoedler & Co., New York, on 27 July 1888. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10669  

 

Paper size:134 x 95 mm  
Plate mark size:131 x 95 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale tone, heavier at left and bottom  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks, heavier over the etched area at right centre; there are also remnants of etched lines from old work in that area  
Print note:a lightly (and imperfectly?) etched plate, particularly the bridge  

 

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:butterfly at lower right on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'1st State.' (the st superscript with a dot beneath it) by Whistler at lower right on the verso; 'No 7.' at lower left on the verso, probably by Whistler  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 26 to 39 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'33622' (upside down) at lower left on verso; '16212 MK' (crossed out) and 'MK 26291' at lower centre on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:Kennedy number at lower left on the verso; 'wi/I/-' (both I's are lower case) at lower left on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3100105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.