172London BridgeFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.358 State: 1/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 9 November 1898) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 218 x 330 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 158 x 232 mm |
| Note on size: | . |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | beehive DEDB |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light plate tone near the plate edges and over the buildings and boats under the bridge |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The drypoint lines on the structure atop the pier at right print strongly, with considerable burr; these lines appear to be on the first state impression illustrated by Kennedy but are either worn, underinked or burr has been reduced/removed on his impression of the second state |
| 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: | 'W123 - 1st state before the monogram' by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1530102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.