275Old Battersea Bridge, No. 2Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.241 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co. (receipt, 22 September 1906), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 126 x 173 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 123 x 173 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone, very slightly heavier near the bottom plate mark |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks in the etched areas |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| 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 32-43 mm from left, height 4 mm;pencil butterfly ca 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '9570' at upper right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Obach + Co Oct/06 W279. Battersea Bridge No 3' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3110105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.