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Eagle Wharf

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: R220NA
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, John Witt Randall Fund  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Acquired by the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA.  

 

Paper size:174 x 247 mm  
Plate mark size:138 x 215 mm  
Note on size:margins  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:Very thick chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slightest tone.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A good impression.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:on signboards: 'TYZAC, WHITELEY & Co.', 'W. BROWN / SAIL Maker / SHIPOWNER', 'EAGLE / WHARF'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly, below platemark  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:Small pencil butterfly of 1890s; presumably there is no 'imp' because Whistler did NOT print it, which would have been added at someone's request or for sale.  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:Eagle Wharf Hx  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0410151  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.