168Under Old Battersea BridgeNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 1/3 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection. |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Note on size: | very rough on right |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory darkened to buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Pro Patria |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light even overall tone, bare at bottom left corner |
| Note on foul biting: | Tiny specks |
| Print note: |
| 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 in pencil on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Under Old Battersea bridge -' on recto; '1879?' and '5.' possibly by Whistler on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1876/1878 at left |
| Collector's mark: | 'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on recto |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Mr Avery and Mr Menpes have impressions of this dry point" / Wedmore - in first proof of cat 1888 but afterwards omitted' written on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1760104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.