185Old Putney BridgeFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1897.16 State: 7/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co. (Keppel receipt, 14 April 1897) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1897; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 284 x 459 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 200 x 297 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: | IV countermark |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Pale tone, darker along the plate edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered foul biting with more on the water. |
| Print note: | Either Kennedy's description of the fourth state is incorrect, or this impression is between the third and fourth states. |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | 'F.G. imp' in graphite at lower left on the recto (probably by Goulding) |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Whistler - Putney Bridge. Seymour Haden's proof with note and signature by Haden, also signed by Goulding as printer' at lower centre on the recto; 'very fine proof' at lower right on the recto; 'Wedmore 145' at lower right on the verso; 'Px (or c next to reversed c) nc' (the 'nc' underlined) at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1780404 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.