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188

Old Battersea Bridge

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 2007.141
State: 5/7

Collection credit:Bequest of Arthur MacDougall Wood, through the generosity of Pauline Wood Egan and Arthur M. Wood, Jr.  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Arthur John Frederick Parsons (1857-1935). Pauline Kohlstaat Palmer (Mrs Potter Palmer II) (1882-1956); Arthur MacDougall Wood (1913-2006); bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 2007.  

 

Paper size:207 x 299 mm  
Plate mark size:203 x 295 mm  
Note on size:with very small margins; trimmed just beyond platemark  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:bands of picking related to printer's creases  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:  
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:'A.J.P' in black ink at lower right verso ( A. J. Parsons, see Lugt 138b)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'59' (encircled) at lowr left verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1770417  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.