188Old Battersea BridgeHamburger KunsthalleAccession no: 30483 State: 7/7 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: |
| Paper size: | 205 x 294 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 201 x 294 mm |
| Note on size: | paper size includes tab |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | very fine laid lines, visible from verso only |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | distinct plate tone, vertically wiped and slightly darker in lower third |
| Note on foul biting: | fine pitting across signature |
| Print note: | greasy ink spots between right two pillars in sky; ink reticulation bottom left |
| 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: | on tab |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 46 mm from left, 4 x 11 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | verso centre: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233); pencil '30483' |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | verso bottom centre: 'Battersea Bridge'; in another hand lower left corner: 'Battersea Bridge'; lower centre: '3' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1770508 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.