188Old Battersea BridgeArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1953.215 State: 5/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Thomas E. Donnelley |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Given by Thomas E. Donnelley to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1953. |
| Additional acq. no: | RX 960 |
| Paper size: | 206 x 293 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 202 x 293 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory altered to light brown |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid/wove? |
| Note on the paper: | darkened to light reddish brown; the paper is either laid or wove with simulated laid lines; see paper of 1934.539 and 1934.560, San Biagio (K.197) |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light plate tone, giving the print a dark brown effect. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Very faint drypoint lines of the first butterfly signature and shading on the house to left of the sail remain. |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | The pencil butterfly appears to date from the 1890s. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Donnelly / K.177' and 'III/IV' at lower left verso; '247' (encircled) at lower centre verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1770303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.