168Under Old Battersea BridgeFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.93 State: 3/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938), London; bought from Obach & Co. (receipt 23 July 1904) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 336 x 213 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 214 x 137 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | etching, drypoint and tonal medium |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | Pronounced scattered flecks of foul biting. |
| Print note: | There is deliberate use of a tonal medium on the piers and span of Battersea Bridge; this is a slightly slipped impression. |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'From Obach + Co. - Menpes / June, 04.' at lower centre on the recto by C.L. Freer; 'Very rare' (underlined) a lower left on the recto; title and catalogue number at lower right on the recto; '102' at centre on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1760302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.