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Black Lion Wharf

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.321
State: 4/4

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1905 (stock no. a 40907, valued at $46.67); sold to unidentified collector, 1906. C. G. Boerner, New York; bought by Peter Lunder, 11 October 2001; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:019.2002  

 

Paper size:229 x 362 mm  
Plate mark size:148 x 224 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):'modern laid  
Note on the paper:thin  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:rampant lion (?) over initial P -  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Overall warm light beige tone (resembles that of chine appliqué)  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 40907' on verso; '63019 / 11214' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0420330  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.