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The Bridge, Santa Marta

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession 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.