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102

Chelsea Bridge and Church

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1905.165
State: 7/7

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:126 x 194 mm  
Plate mark size:101 x 170 mm  
Note on size:small margins  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'modern' laid (post 1800), much debris, horizontal chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:partial: De Erven Dk Blaau  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:plate tone over the buildings and more lightly over the boat with a sail at right.  
Note on foul biting:light foul biting among the lines of the sky at top.  
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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:blue dot lower left corner.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0950604  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.