188Old Battersea BridgeBoston Public LibraryAccession no: W.300 State: 4/7 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Obach & Co., London; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1901 (stock no. a35083, £20); sold to unidentified collector. Arthur H. Hahlo, New York, 13 February 1919 ('BJUJ'); 'July 1919 EJUJ'. Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, Naugatuck. Acquired by Alfred H. Wiggin (1868-1951); given to Boston Public Library, MA, 1941. |
| Paper size: | 250 x 378 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 201 x 296 mm |
| Note on size: | wide margin |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid, 'antique' |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Strasbourg Lily |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Slight tone overall, slightly darker in the sky. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | below right shaded butterfly 'imp.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '*. 11' |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1879 |
| Collector's mark: | 'AHW' bird stamp (A. H. Wiggin, Lugt 2820a) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 35083'; 'a 7255'; '7602' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '*11' (following Whistler's signature) 'Old Battersea Bridge' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1770302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.