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.