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Old Hungerford Bridge

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.325
State: 2/4

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (Wunderlich receipt 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:186 x 266 mm  
Plate mark size:138 x 214 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid (pre 1800), even distribution, much debris, horizontal chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Pro Patria with 'NP' below  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with very light overall plate tone  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks throughout, a somewhat greater concentration in water at lower right  
Print note:diagonal scratch or slipped stroke extends from steam launch at center to shoreline above pilings in foreground  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.'  
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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:M. Smith notes previously existing inscriptions 'S.H.' and 'Hungerford Bridge' in graphite on print's margin. They were erased 1925.6.16  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W80' on verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0760202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.