201The Bridge, Santa MartaArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.511 State: 9/9 |
Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934. |
Additional acq. no: | 14351 (R 533 - old acq no) |
Paper size: | 299 x 200 mm |
Plate mark size: | 293 x 200 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
Note on the paper: | the paper colour is pinkish ivory |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | printed with light plate tone, slightly heavier in the foreground. |
Note on foul biting: | Intentional areas of tone (including open bite) in the upper and lower left corners of the plate print more faintly than in the AIC impressions of the 6th and 7th states. |
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 dates from 1886. |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | Wedmore number and title (faint) at lower left verso |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K2040802 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.