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Ponte del Piovan

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1908.4
State: 2/6

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from E. Gottschalk, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1908; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:226 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:light grey  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:'China' paper; a large fibrous inclusion in the sheet at lower left  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:blotchy, irregular tone; fingerprints at the lower right corner  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Pure etching in the first state  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:street sign: 'PONTE DEL PIOVAN / DETTO DEL VOLTO'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'From Gottschalk Dec. 07. Ponte-Piovan. W179' (upside-down) at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2090103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.