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Black Lion Wharf

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 64.695.11
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Bequest of Edna H. Sachs, 1964  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Edna H. Sachs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964  

 

Paper size:195 x 266 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian  
Note on the paper:soft, light weight paper; laid lines, no chain  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone  
Note on foul biting:flecks, particularly at the bottom  
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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'140' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0420338  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.