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Vauxhall Bridge

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Accession no: RP-P-1955-20
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Paul Mathey (1844-1929, Lugt suppl. 2100b), Paris. Gallery Santee Landweer, Amsterdam; bought by the Rijksprentenkabinet, 1955.  

 

Paper size:160 x 240 mm  
Plate mark size:68 x 114 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:japanned  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:strong impression, with light glow from the paper  

 

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:'R:MVS.' elliptical stamp (Rijks Prentenkabinet, Lugt 2228) on verso.  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'vauxhall bridge K.70 (coll. Paul Mathey)' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0700211  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.