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London Bridge

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession no: 57.244
State: 5/6

Collection credit:Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895.  
Image credit:Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca  
Provenance:Theodore de Witt; H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock nos. a 4518 and a65712). William P. Chapman, Jr; bequeathed to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957.  

 

Paper size:214 x 333 mm  
Plate mark size:156 x 232 mm  
Note on size:uneven edge left and bottom  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique'  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall  
Note on foul biting:flecks  
Print note:soft burr on lines  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:'wpc jr' recto  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 45618' (crossed out) 'a65712' verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'(99)' verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1530403  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.