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Old Battersea Bridge

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.371
State: 5/7

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Obach & Co., London, 1905; bought by Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

Paper size:207 x 294 mm  
Plate mark size:202 x 294 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:fairly even overall tone, darker near the bottom edge, with slight diagonal wiping marks  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The ink is a warm black  

 

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 may date from 1886/1887.  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of about 1887.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'22' at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1770410  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.