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The Bridge, Santa Marta

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1887.12
State: 9/9

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1887; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:293 x 201 mm  
Plate mark size:293 x 201 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall plate tone, very slightly darker along the lower edge  
Note on foul biting:many scattered flecks; with larger patches of foul biting at upper left and lower centre and regular tone over the bridge, laundry hanging on it and figures standing on its span at right  
Print note:The ink colour is a somewhat reddish brown  

 

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:tab 39-54 mm from left, 8 mm height; butterfly of 1886/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:small unshaded butterfly  
Collector's mark:'SH' in graphite pencil at lower right on the verso (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W17' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'W.171' at lower left on the verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2040803  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.