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Old Westminster Bridge

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.266
State: 1/4

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:233 x 365 mm  
Plate mark size:75 x 202 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'modern' laid (post 1800); little debris - even distribution, horizontal chain lines.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'KFR' (the 'R' smaller and raised)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:very pale plate tone near plate corners  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks throughout water in foreground with a small heavy patch on prow (?) at lower left.  
Print note:Clear, distinct, slightly burry drypoint work in sky and water  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1859' ('t' not crossed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:M. Smith records previously existing inscription "S.H." in graphite on etching's margin. It was erased 1923.12.29.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W36- 1st [underscored] State' on verso by C. L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0390102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.