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Black Lion Wharf

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: 2005.275

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Patricia Cornwell to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, 2005.  

 

Paper size:226 x 301 mm  
Plate mark size:151 x 225 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): laid  
Note on the paper:Broad margin; somewhat more textured than usual? 'antique' laid paper [?]  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Clean wiped but black areas are richly inked.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The print has a dramatic effect on the white paper.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:on signboards : 'HOARES WHARF', 'DOWNES', 'OLD SHIPPING CLIPPERS / TO LET EVERY DAY / GLASGOW INVERNES[S] / GRANGEMOUTH PETERH[E]A[D]', 'St. ANDREWS', 'BLAC[K] LION W[HA]RF' (the first 'N' in 'INVERNESS' is reversed)  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
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:  
Collector's mark: 'A.H.' in slightly curly script on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'38'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0420309  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.