275Old Battersea Bridge, No. 2Art Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1861 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London. Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1938. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 5750 |
| Paper size: | 127 x 174 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 124 x 174 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with light plate tone, particularly on the lower portion of the plate, where vertical wiping is visible. |
| Note on foul biting: | very little foul biting. |
| Print note: | The ink appears dark brown/black, and the impression is clean and sharp, with a cool, delicate effect. |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | The pencil butterfly appears to date from 1887/1890s. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HST' (H.S. Theobald, Lugt 1376) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '9571' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3110103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.