220Ponte del PiovanHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46870 State: 2/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958 |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958. |
| Paper size: | 232 x 158 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 227 x 154 mm |
| Note on size: | paper trimmed very close to platemark |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | no laid lines visible, only chain lines |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no plate tone; tone used as emphasis in cross-hatched areas, e.g. on the brickwork of the bridge, the windows of the building in background, top of the wall on the right. Some very light shades of tone in the water on the right. |
| Note on foul biting: | minimal pitting at bottom right |
| Print note: | a very clean print |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | street sign: 'PONTE DEL PIOVAN / DETTO DEL VOLTO' |
| 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: | 33 from left, tab 10 x 13 mm; ; butterfly of 1888/1890 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2090104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.