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The Bridge, Santa Marta

Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession no: 1996.48.12305
State: 9/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art  
Provenance:George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996.  

 

Paper size:320 x 218 mm  
Plate mark size:296 x 199 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:light buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' (pre 1800) laid paper.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:fleur de lys  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light tone, with more at the top and bottom edges  
Note on foul biting:at the bottom, and specks at the side  
Print note:A vivid proof  

 

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:butterfly 'imp' and 'J. A. McN. Whistler - ' under platemark  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'To George A. Lucas -' under platemark  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of 1880/1881  
Collector's mark:'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION' stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'171' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2040202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.