220Ponte del PiovanHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 49896 State: C/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Dr Frederick Mulder, London; sold to the University of Glasgow, February 1972. |
| Paper size: | 279 x 206 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 227 x 152 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | light-medium weight, western, possibly faux-Asian. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | There is a medium-dark print tone. It is darker in the foreground water and wiped more cleanly in the centre, with slightly more tonal emphasis at the upper corners. |
| Note on foul biting: | There are small pits throughout (less in the sky). |
| Print note: | There are diagonal wipe marks at the upper left and downward wipe marks at the upper right and foreground. There is slight reticulation of the ink in the foreground and at the upper left. The paper is creased from the printing process. |
| 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: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '19' on recto of secondary backing paper, at lower right and On verso, at the upper left. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2090702 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.