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Under Old Battersea Bridge |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46792) | |
| Number: | 168 | |
| Date: | 1876/1878 | |
| Medium: | etching, drypoint and open bite | |
| Size: | 216 x 139 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 24 | |
| Catalogues: | K.176; M.173 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (24) | ||
STATE
Three states are known before cancellation.
State 1
There is no signature or inscription.
The arch of the bridge, and the suspension bridge beyond, are etched in outline.
State 2
There are additional lines and foul biting on the piers and arch of Battersea Bridge; lines are added on the suspension bridge and water; three layers of clouds are added; drypoint shading is added on the boats, houses and church tower.
In the impression reproduced, figures in a rowing boat are drawn in charcoal in the water at lower left.
State 3
Diagonal shading in drypoint is added in the sky, just above the buildings and suspension bridge, and in the clouds below the arch of Battersea bridge; there is additional shading on the church tower; horizontal lines are added to the reflection of the pier at left and right.
In later impressions of the third state, the drypoint has faded, as in the example below:
State 3 (cancelled)
Cancelled with diagonal and crossed lines right across the bridge and background.