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Old Hungerford Bridge

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: 24767.6
State: 3/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London  
Provenance:No. 6 'Old Hungerford' in 'A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames' bought from Ellis & Green, London, by South Kensington Museum, 26 May 1871 for £12.12.0 for the set.  
Additional acq. no:EE.1B  

 

Paper size:164 x 240 mm  
Plate mark size:138 x 214 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:elaborate, unidentified watermark  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light even residual tone, a few slightly darker smudges lower left  
Note on foul biting:-  
Print note:a 'dry' print; scribbly lines bottom right - sketched figures in boat?  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:not on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:not on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):not on recto  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:crowned 'NAL' in circle, blindstamp below platemark in centre (Lugt 1958)  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0760330  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.