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Bridge, Amsterdam

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1906.119
State: 4/5

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought on 15 May 1890 from James McNeill Whistlert by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:166 x 239 mm  
Plate mark size:164 x 239 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 and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone over the water in the foreground, particularly at lower left and lower right  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks; patches along the side and bottom plate edges, more at lower centre  
Print note:New state between Kennedy's 2nd and 3rd states  

 

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:butterfly at lower right on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Chs. L. Freer' at lower right on the verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 53-62 mm from left, height 2 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W267' at lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K4090203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.