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Vauxhall Bridge

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.54
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:337 x 216 mm  
Plate mark size:68 x 115 mm  
Note on size:uneven, rough edge at right  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:soft, light weight, 'antique' laid, strange marks on chain lines - photo  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:good impression, but printed lopsided  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1861.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:'Vauxhall Bridge'; '192' on recto; '3 / 3 /'; 'hoso' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0700209  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.