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Eagle Wharf

Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.
Accession no: 1937.d1.48
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:George R. Webb (Lugt 1211); gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1937  

 

Paper size:161x238 mm  
Plate mark size:137x215 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:  
Watermarks:Large crest with letters DE  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:on signboards: 'TYZAC, WHITELEY & Co.', 'W. BROWN / SAIL Maker / SHIPOWNER', 'EAGLE / WHARF'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:Butterfly 'imp'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:George R. Webb (Lugt 1211): diamond with initials 'GRW', stamp in purple ink at lower left and on verso, lower right; DAC stamp in brown ink on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:on verso, lower left: 'c10507/a33330' (second line crossed out)  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K0410138  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.