201The Bridge, Santa MartaFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1887.12 State: 9/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1887; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 293 x 201 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 293 x 201 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall plate tone, very slightly darker along the lower edge |
| Note on foul biting: | many scattered flecks; with larger patches of foul biting at upper left and lower centre and regular tone over the bridge, laundry hanging on it and figures standing on its span at right |
| Print note: | The ink colour is a somewhat reddish brown |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly (faint) |
| 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: | tab 39-54 mm from left, 8 mm height; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | small unshaded butterfly |
| Collector's mark: | 'SH' in graphite pencil at lower right on the verso (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W17' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'W.171' at lower left on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2040803 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.