188Old Battersea BridgeFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.174 State: 5/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 300 x 409 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 203 x 295 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | ivory discolored to dark cream |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Pro Patria |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light, even tone |
| Note on foul biting: | There is foul biting near the butterfly signature, with fainter flecks on the water and sky. |
| Print note: | The ink is a warm black, almost dark brown in appearance on this paper. |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'cx. / .x.' in the right margin on the recto (the dots to left and right of the 'x' are raised and in black ink) |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | butterfly of 1879 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '141 -- with clouds and large butterfly. T. Way, June.' originally written by C.L. Freer in margin, erased 16 June 1925 (according to FGA folder sheet). |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1770403 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.