348Charing Cross BridgeNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8605 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Sold by Whistler to Knoedler & Co., New York, on 27 July 1888. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10669 |
| Paper size: | 134 x 95 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 131 x 95 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale tone, heavier at left and bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks, heavier over the etched area at right centre; there are also remnants of etched lines from old work in that area |
| Print note: | a lightly (and imperfectly?) etched plate, particularly the bridge |
| 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 at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st State.' (the st superscript with a dot beneath it) by Whistler at lower right on the verso; 'No 7.' at lower left on the verso, probably by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 26 to 39 mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '33622' (upside down) at lower left on verso; '16212 MK' (crossed out) and 'MK 26291' at lower centre on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Kennedy number at lower left on the verso; 'wi/I/-' (both I's are lower case) at lower left on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3100105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.