188Old Battersea BridgeMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.78 State: 7/7 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 204 x 297 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 200 x 297 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | tan |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' (pre 1800) laid paper, probably darkened |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | posthorn over '4' |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Even, warm tan tone, more at bottom. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Looks effective, as if in a fog! |
| 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 on verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'specially chosen' on verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 45-57 from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | 1888 plate and 1890s pencil butterfly on tabs 1890s on verso |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '1112' and '30' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Chelsea [deleted] / Battersea Bridge 6 -' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1770505 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.