188Old Battersea BridgeHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46793 State: 5/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Leonard Gow (1859-1936), Glasgow; his sale, Sotheby & Co., 12 May 1943; purchased by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, lot 219, for £92; bought by the University of Glasgow for £475, January 1972. |
| Paper size: | 250 x 380 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 202 x 294 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: | Strasbourg Lily (crowned fleur-de-lis in crest) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | Single pits in lower third of print. |
| Print note: |
| 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' (below platemark, right side; pencil) |
| 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: | The pencil butterfly, written in pencil below the platemark, dates from 1879. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '25103 / C.15870' (the last number crossed out) recto bottom right |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '3' or 'W' in circle; lower right, from bottom to top: 'Old Battersea Bridge' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1770405 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.