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Ponte del Piovan

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1942.15.26
State: 5/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Given by Mr and Mrs J. Watson Webb to the National Gallery of Art, memory of Mr and Mrs H. O. Havemeyer in 1942  
Additional acq. no:B-2462  

 

Paper size:235 x 152 mm  
Plate mark size:227 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:illegible - possibly Hunting Horn  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with modulated tone over the right pier of the bridge and the reflection of the bridge in the water, many areas of light, granular tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:'Whistler' (upside down) at lower left verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 98 to 116mm from left; butterfly of ca 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:Symbol like 'lX 7' at lower left on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2090607  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.