220Ponte del PiovanFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1908.4 State: 2/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from E. Gottschalk, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1908; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | 226 x 152 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | light grey |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'China' paper; a large fibrous inclusion in the sheet at lower left |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | blotchy, irregular tone; fingerprints at the lower right corner |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Pure etching in the first state |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | street sign: 'PONTE DEL PIOVAN / DETTO DEL VOLTO' |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'From Gottschalk Dec. 07. Ponte-Piovan. W179' (upside-down) at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2090103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.