220Ponte del PiovanScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 887 State: 5/6 |
| Collection credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Purchased from the Estate of Sir Donald Pollok by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1964. |
| Additional acq. no: | P.2653 |
| Paper size: | 246 x 172 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 224 x 149 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | light buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | fine light-weight paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone, not at edge |
| Note on foul biting: | tiny dots like grains of dust, under the bridge particularly but in fact overall. |
| Print note: | soft area of dryoint on the distant boat and under the arch. |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| 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: | K2090506 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.