188Old Battersea BridgeMcManus Art Galleries and Museum, DundeeAccession no: 272-1987-315 State: 5/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © McManus Galleries & Museum |
| Provenance: | James Guthrie Orchar (1825-1898), Dundee; Trustees of the Orchar Gallery, Dundee; Orchar Collection, McManus Art Galleries and Museum, Dundee. |
| Paper size: | over 240 x 313 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 205 x 298 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | No |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | even |
| Note on foul biting: | some small and two big dots, speckles round butterfly |
| Print note: | a straightforward impressions from the main edition, with drypoint deteriorating, printed with slight retroussage, making the area under the bridge look slightly furry. |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | n/a |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | No |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | n/a |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1881 |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1770z03 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.