275Old Battersea Bridge, No. 2Art Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.494 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 26896). Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917. |
| Additional acq. no: | 1757 |
| Paper size: | 129 x 177 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 177 mm |
| Note on size: | . |
| 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 and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some light, even plate tone, slightly more at the top of the plate, with some diagonal wiping visible at right. |
| Note on foul biting: | very little foul biting |
| Print note: | A clear impression, the ink is a dark brown. |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Vienna' at lower right verso and 'ax' [or 'ex'?] at lower right verso (possibly by Whistler) |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | The pencil butterfly appears to date from 1887. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Circular stamp with Japanese letters (Bryan Lathrop, Lugt 2972) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 26896' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '6412' upside-down and underlined at centre verso; '1757' at lower left verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3110102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.