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Black Lion Wharf

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: C.A.I. 147
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Constantine Alexander Ionides Collection  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Constantine Alexander Ionides (1833-1900), London; bequeathed to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1901.  
Additional acq. no:Ionides 8a  

 

Paper size:173 x 250 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 226 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The watermark is perfectly centered.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'DE ERVEN D' BLAUW' (countermark)  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:virtually none  
Note on foul biting:strip of fine pitting along right margin, scattered clusters of pitting in lower third  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:on signboards : 'HORES 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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:recto lower left corner red circular stamp, crowned 'CAI' (Lugt 488)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'C.A.I. 147.' verso bottom centre black ink; verso pencil lower left, 'W. 40.'3  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0420334  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.