188Old Battersea BridgeNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1949.5.547 State: 2/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by J. P. Elton, 1910. Harris Whittemore, Naugatuck C.A. Given by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia, to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-15854 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | strasbourg lily with '4W' below |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Pale overall tone; some ink residue or off-setting above the bridge |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks |
| Print note: | Printed with retroussage or with the lines overinked; this is the impression reproduced by Kennedy for the first state |
| 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 at lower right on verso with inscription |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st State only proof' butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 77-94mm from left; height 6mm; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | the 'JPE' looks like a collector's initials, but it may be a price inscription |
| Collector's mark: | 'HW' stamp (Harris Whittemore, Lugt 1384a) 'JPE' in pencil at lower centre on the verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '7080' at upper centre right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '12 5/8 9' (upside down) at lower centre on the verso (framer's measurements?) |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1770102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.