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Old Hungerford Bridge

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession no: 57.233
State: 3/4

Collection credit:Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895.  
Image credit:Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 38541). Henry Harper Benedict, New York. William P. Chapman, Jr; bequeathed to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957.  

 

Paper size:227 x 312 mm  
Plate mark size:138 x 213 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual  
Note on foul biting:some small dots  
Print note:sky is printed with clean lines - but sail has dense inking  

 

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: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: 'HHB' (H. H. Benedict, Lugt 1298) stamp; 'wpc jr' recto  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 38541' verso; '81053' recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'w80'; '1471'; 'Old Hungerford'; 'oi-' verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0760335  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.