185Old Putney BridgeVirginia Museum of Fine Arts, RichmondAccession no: 35.1.32 State: 7/7 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of John Barton Payne |
| Image credit: | Photo Travis Fullerton © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York ('a 63926'). Bequest of John Barton Payne to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1935. |
| Paper size: | 294 x 406 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 202 x 296 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique', darkened within mount |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | PRO PATRIA |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light, looks brown |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | good impression, warm ink effect |
| 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.' recto |
| 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: | butterfly of 1879 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 63926' , verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '0-9-9/ [illegible]' , verso. '80.176', recto and verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1780z11 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
