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201

The Bridge, Santa Marta

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 9/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © New York Public Library  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:302 x 201 mm  
Plate mark size:296 x 201 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:pale buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):n/a (backed)  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone, more at bottom, warm colour  
Note on foul biting:some dots and flecks  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly (faint)  
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:pencil butterfly of 1886/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:illegible mark on verso of tab  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2040105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.