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The Bridge, Santa Marta

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.105
State: 9/9

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:304 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:297 x 200 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:light weight 'antique'  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:post horn  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, darker at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:dots and flecks  
Print note:  

 

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:tab 54-70 mm from left; butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'B. M.' stamped twice on verso (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'17' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2040703  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.