185Old Putney BridgeBritish MuseumAccession no: 1959-11-14-4 State: 2/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | C. Walter Dowdeswell, London. Dora Kate Jackson; bequeathed to the British Museum, London, 1959. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA50517 |
| Paper size: | 300 x 404 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 201 x 296 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Pro Patria [?] |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Even tone overall |
| Note on foul biting: | A lot of dots, particularly at bottom and texture |
| Print note: | Burr on the butterfly; murky, dirty looking surface, scratch at bottom right and right edge |
| 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: | Butterfly 'Imp.' |
| 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: | big pencil butterfly of 1879 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '7' in circle on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1780205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.