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Little Drawbridge, Amsterdam

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Accession no: RP-P-1967-1167
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Printed by Nathaniel Sparks at the request of Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip after Whistler's death; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958; exchanged by the Hunterian Art Gallery with the Rijksprentenkabinet, 1967.  

 

Paper size:209 x 153 mm  
Plate mark size:175 x 127 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:partial, illegible  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone particularly at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:some grainy foul biting at right and bottom  
Print note:cool dark umber brown ink  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):'Nathaniel Sparks - / + / Imp.'  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'R:MVS.' elliptical stamp (Rijks Prentenkabinet, Lugt 2228) on verso.  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'The 3rd proof of an issue of 3 prints taken from the original plate with my authority / [Rosalind] Birnie Philip.' below platemark, '3' above platemark, on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4120205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.