102Chelsea Bridge and ChurchHerbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, IthacaAccession no: 57.235 State: 7/7 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895. |
| Image credit: | Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca |
| Provenance: | S. H. Nazeby Harrington (b. 1862), Birkenhead, UK. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 53991). William P. Chapman, Jr; bequeathed to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957. |
| Paper size: | 175 x 223 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 101 x 67 mm |
| Note on size: | rough edges right and bottom |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | good impression with very rich burr, possibly plus retrousage, or damp paper |
| 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: | butterfly 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: | butterfly of 1886/1887, a bit stilted |
| Collector's mark: | 'wpc jr' recto; 'HNH' round stamp in black on verso and small black stamp on recto at lower left corner of image; in red on recto at lower right of paper (S. H. Nazeby Harrington, Lugt 1337, 1348 or 1349) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 53991' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '#80' verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0950621 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
