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Vauxhall Bridge

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 83.1.29
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Gift of William Loring Andrews, 1883, transferred from the Library  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Given by William Loring Andrews (1837-1920) to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1883.  

 

Paper size:217 x 265 mm  
Plate mark size:68 x 114 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:chain lines; wove, similar to japan?  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone except wiped bare at bottom  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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' and '32' (twice) lower margin on recto; '#19' on verso, '46' on recto top right of (platemark?)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0700223  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.