54Black Lion WharfYale Center for British ArtAccession no: B2003.20 State: reproduction/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale College 1960. |
| Image credit: | Photo © Yale Center for British Art |
| Provenance: | Given by Janet and James Sale (Yale College, 1960) to the Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2003. |
| Paper size: | 230 x 351 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 165 x 254 mm |
| Other size: | 165 x 254 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japan |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | reproduction of etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The etching reproduction is bounded with a black line; a small two masted schooner is printed in the bottom left margin. |
| 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: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0420z18 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.