54Black Lion WharfNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo Whistler Etchings Project / E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910) |
| Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
| Paper size: | 240 x 355 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 149 x 224 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian |
| Note on the paper: | heavy weight textured paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light residual tone |
| Note on foul biting: | some small dots, marks at the edges |
| 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: | 'Whistler' in pencil on recto |
| 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: | 'Black Lion Wharf' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0420201 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.