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Old Hungerford Bridge

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: C.A.I. 152
State: 3/4

Collection credit:Constantine Alexander Ionides Collection  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Constantine Alexander Ionides (1833-1900), London; bequeathed to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1901.  
Additional acq. no:Ionides 8a  

 

Paper size:157 z 239 mm  
Plate mark size:137 X 213 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The watermark is perfectly centered.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Beehive DEDB  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light even residual tone  
Note on foul biting:a cluster of fine light pitting near lower margin  
Print note:very clean  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
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:recto lower left corner red circular stamp, crowned 'CAI' (Lugt 488)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'C.A.I. 152.' verso bottom centre black ink; verso pencil lower left, 'W. 80.'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0760331  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.