47Old Westminster BridgeArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.525 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 99 x 227 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 74 x 202 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: | De Erven Dk. Blauw |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Printed with some patches of plate tone on the water at lower left and lower right and in the sky at upper right; with an inky platemark at the top. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | There is an uninked hair line to right of the prow of the topmost moored boat at left. It is a good impression with rich burr on the boats, figures, and distance. |
| 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: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: | The pencil butterfly is very nea and appears to date from 1888/1889. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0390203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.