Old Battersea Bridge |  Art Institute of Chicago (1934.597) | |
| Number: | 188 | |
| Date: | 1879 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 202 x 293 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower right (2-6); replaced with new butterfly (6); replaced again (7) | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | Fine Art Society, 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 7 | |
| Known impressions: | 40 | |
| Catalogues: | K.177; M.174; W.141 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (40) | ||
Old Battersea Bridge was etched in August 1879. One rough and battered impression of the first state was annotated by Whistler, 'Trial rub - / cheap! - Aug 3. 1879 -' (
). On the same day Whistler printed the next four states; in all he recorded fourteen impressions printed on that day. 1
). On the same day Whistler printed the next four states; in all he recorded fourteen impressions printed on that day. 1 1: Whistler, List, 3 August 1879, GUW #13008.