220Ponte del PiovanLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 209 State: 5/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell fund, 1937 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 255 x 153 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 225 x 153 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | [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: | pale at top and dark over water at bottom; plate edges wiped clean (with brush?) |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Kennedy's fifth state appears to be the same as his fourth, but with lines worn (all lines that show faintly in Kennedy's illustration of fifth state are stronger in the LC impression); the only lines that may have been intentionally reduced are those at lower right |
| 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: | none on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | none on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | at 31 to 45 mm; height 2 mm; butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | hinged to mount so verso not examined |
| Collector's mark: | |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2090507 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.