77Westminster Bridge in ProgressColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.495 State: 1/1 |
Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Possibly Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London. Fisher Howe, Boston and New York. Samuel Josefowitz; Fine Art Society, London; bought by Peter Lunder, 8 July 2004; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007. |
Additional acq. no: | 041.2004 |
Paper size: | 303 ca x 410 mm |
Plate mark size: | 151 x 352 mm |
Note on size: | height of paper approximately because folded over at hinge |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | 'PRO PATRIA' |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | nearly clean wiped |
Note on foul biting: | at the bottom edge |
Print note: | Very good impression with fine detail |
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: | 'Whistler -' and butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Westminster Bridge (building)' |
Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
Note on the tab: |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'FH' stamp (Howe, L.1011);' SJ' stamp in black (Josefowitz) |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0720102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.