102Chelsea Bridge and ChurchNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8459 State: 7/7 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10521 |
| Paper size: | 127 x 194 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 101 x 165 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'ERV…' |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some tone over the lines of the middleground hull and on the background buildings and landscape. |
| Note on foul biting: | across the top of the plate among the lines of the sky. |
| Print note: | inking used to reinforce the lines of shading in the middleground and background |
| 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: | 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: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'TIV 102' on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W.85. K.95.VI Chelsea Bridge and Church. (H. S. Theobald Coll)' on recto in Harold Wright's hand |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0950404 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
