185Old Putney BridgeNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8513 State: 7/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought on 14 January 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10577 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with tone on the sky and water in the foreground; with pronounced horizontal wiping marks |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | With the signs of wear (on the figure group and butterfly signature on the foreground and trees in the background) noted by Kennedy in the fourth state |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 72 to 89mm from left; height 4mm; butterfly of 1884/1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C 15937' and 'K.158 iv' at lower centre right on verso by Harold Wright; '(DD853)' at lower right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '6.6.0 Putney Bridge' at lower left on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1780409 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.