77Westminster Bridge in ProgressNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo Whistler Etchings Project / E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910) |
| Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
| Paper size: | 257/262 x 403 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 151 x 350 mm |
| Note on size: | slightly irregular |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | particularly at the lower edge |
| Print note: | drypoint= work at lower left: leaning figure, rail behind him and bollard in front of him; head and shoulders at lower right; small segment of view through construction to right of figure; prow of boat and figures above it to left of centre under construction; fine curving diagonals on sky at right |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler / 1861' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler -' butterfly in pencil on recto |
| 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: | 1874/1876 butterfly |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Westminster Bridge - Wedmore 70 -' on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0720101 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.