47Old Westminster BridgeFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1896.18 State: C/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, (receipt, 9 January 1896), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, January 1896; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 83 x 210 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 75 x 201 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800), even distribution, little debris, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | some faint, scattered flecks in sky and water with a small heavier patch on prow (?) at lower left |
| Print note: | A very thin, lightly printed impression.Drypoint cancellation lines; drypoint in sky and water has almost disappeared; traces of two small rust/corrosion marks near plate edge at lower right |
| 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: | 0 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W36 K39 M38' and 'Westminster Bridge' and 'E' on verso (in hand of Freer staff member as writing matches accession number inscription). |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0390205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.