47Old Westminster BridgeBritish MuseumAccession no: 1863-10-17-173 State: 4/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Purchased from Whistler by the British Museum, London, 1863. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49839 |
| Paper size: | 192 x 287 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 76 x 203 mm |
| Other size: | 205 x 308 second pmk mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine collé |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | a tiny bit on the ship in the left foreground |
| Print note: | A quiet impression, with not much burr left |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0390212 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.