447Bridge, AmsterdamFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.9 State: 1/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Henry Gurdon Marquand (1819-1902); Marquand sale, American Art Association, New York, 23 January 1903 (lot 1501); bought by F. Keppel and Co, New York; bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903 (Keppel receipt, 4 February 1903); bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 166 x 239 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 163 x 238 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: | top of Hunting horn in shield |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very little tone, some traces near the left and right plate edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks; patches along the side and bottom plate edges, more at lower centre |
| Print note: | The lines of the 'telegraph frame' and some lines of the sky near it may be faintly etched or in drypoint. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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: | '1st State' (the st superscript and underlined) at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 47-57 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W 267 - From Marquand Collection' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4090102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.