75Vauxhall BridgeFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1894.37 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock nos. a 10948c, 16938). Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, (receipt 31 May 1894), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, June 1894; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 167 x 258 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 68 x 114 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | soiled; appears to be partial sheet removed from a book; 'antique' laid (pre 1800), uneven distribution, much debris, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some light plate tone on sky, water and foreground |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | printed with burr, clear detail, quite a good impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1861.' |
| 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: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 10948c' (the 'c' as superscript) and 'a 16938' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'with the date - 2nd state' on recto and 'W66' on verso by C.L. Freer; 'Whistler- Vauxhall Bridge' on recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0700203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.