75Vauxhall BridgeVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: E.22-1905 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Percy Thomas (1846-1922), London; bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, January 1905. |
| Additional acq. no: | EE.2A |
| Paper size: | n/a mm |
| Plate mark size: | 70 x 114 mm |
| Note on size: | mount stuck down so unable to determine paper size |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | mount stuck down so unable to examine paper properly |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | ? |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | fairly even, slightly more pronounced towards edges |
| Note on foul biting: | mark at the lower left corner as though from grip of tool, otherwise almost free of pitting / foul biting; minor granular tone at right edge and very minor foul biting around the platemark; minor pitting around the figure on the left |
| Print note: | slightly mottled effect in inking from the laid lines and wiping |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1861.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'NAL' stamp in black ink, crossing platemark in lower right corner, recto (variation of Lugt 1958) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0700219 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.