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Old Battersea Bridge

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Accession no: RP-P-1959-658
State: 7/7

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:E. E. Lord, New Haven, Conn.; sold in 1896 to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a26225) as part of a group of etchings for $100 the lot; sold before 1900 to unknown collector. The Art Institute of Chicago; given to the Rijksprentenkabinet, 1959.  

 

Paper size:203 x 295 mm  
Plate mark size:200 x 295 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:'P' (?)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light, wiped, slightly more at bottom  
Note on foul biting:flecks  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:Butterfly of 1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'R:MVS.' elliptical stamp (Rijks Prentenkabinet, Lugt 2228) on verso.  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 26225' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'RC' [?], '1119' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1770507  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.