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Chelsea Bridge and Church

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.65
State: 5/7

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:225 x 350 mm  
Plate mark size:101 x 169 mm  
Other size:(301 x 49?) mm  
Note on size:right side folded in  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:De ERVEN DK BLAUW  
Medium:Drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light residual tone  
Note on foul biting:some flecks and large grey spots  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'C 5104' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'before the sail was outlined by heavy drypoint work'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0950403  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.