188Old Battersea BridgeColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.396 State: 1/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bought by Peter Lunder, 8 July 2004; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007. |
| Additional acq. no: | 049.2004 |
| Paper size: | 278 x 380 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 203 x 294 mm |
| Note on size: | broad margin |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | very thin |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | Pencil additions at base of two bridge piers at right |
| Print tone: | Plate casually wiped, intend only in etched areas, leaving tone loosely around |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Only the bridge was inked, and that rather little, so it looks pale and muddy, and there are bare areas at the top right and below the bridge. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Trial rub - / cheap! - Aug 3. 1879 -' bottom right recto |
| 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: | '165' on verso, large numbers |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1770104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.