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Black Lion Wharf

Boston Public Library
Accession no: W.1192
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Knoedler & Co., New York. Albert H. Wiggin (1868-1951), Boston; given to Boston Public Library, MA.  

 

Paper size:291 x 439 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 227 mm  
Note on size:broad margin  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clean wiped  
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:'AHW' bird stamp (A. H. Wiggin, Lugt 2820a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'MK 22681' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0420335  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.