185Old Putney BridgeColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.400 State: 7/7 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | C. G. Boerner, New York; bought by Peter Lunder, 11 October 2001; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007. |
| Additional acq. no: | 015.2002 |
| Paper size: | 314 x 457 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 200 x 299 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | possibly from former treatment |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | "1814 / 2" |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | overall warm brown tone - sails, right pier highlighted? |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | rich, contrasty imp. |
| 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: | elaborate shaded [butterfly] below platemark at lower left |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 20 x 17 1/8 [14 1/8?] on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1780415 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
