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Vauxhall Bridge

Yale University Art Gallery
Accession no: 1957.52.6
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Mrs Glen Wright to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, accepted 21 Feburary 1958.  

 

Paper size:229 x 333 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 70 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:pale buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:oatmeal texture  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
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 with burr.  

 

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:'A 39338'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'94' old ink pagination on recto, '93' on verso ; 'C', 'L', '2' in graphite pencil on verso; butterfly 'imp' in graphite pencil on recto, not by Whistler  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0700z05  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.