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102

Chelsea Bridge and Church

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 4/7

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © New York Public Library  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911).  

 

Paper size:165 x 202 mm  
Plate mark size:102 x 166 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid paper, thin  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'IT' ?  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:black 'crayon additions' to leftmost buildings and boats in middleground; all drawing of plants at lower right and tree at right  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler' on recto  
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:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Touched proof' and '2' on recto (the '2' possibly by Whistler)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0950201  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.