186Little Putney BridgeFogg Art Museum, HarvardAccession no: 2005.289 State: 2/5 |
| Collection credit: | Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 35370). Robert Rice (b. 1925). Given by Patricia Cornwell to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, 2005. |
| Paper size: | 160 x 221 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 131 x 206 mm |
| Note on size: | no |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid' |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | illegible initials |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Moderate overall brownish tone. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The ink is very dark brown and the impression rich in colour. |
| 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 |
| 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: | The pencil butterfly was signed below the platemark, and dates from the 1890s. |
| Collector's mark: | 'RR' round stamp in red ink, on verso (the first R reversed) (Robert Rice, not in Lugt); oval blind stamp not in Lugt; Printsellers Association with 'BP' |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 35370' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'B 71 M3' [?]; '571ms' (illegible) on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1790221 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.