168Under Old Battersea BridgeNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8511 State: 1/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10575 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | beehive DEDB |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | With overall grey tone, darker at the top of the plate and along the plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks, particularly at upper centre |
| Print note: | (not the impression illustrated by Kennedy) |
| 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 'imp.' with three dots within the semi-circular base at right |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of 1889/1890s |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'MC 32559' at lower left on recto; '9185' at upper right on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '2' lower right on recto (possibly by Whistler) |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1760103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.