54Black Lion WharfPhiladelphia Museum of ArtAccession no: 1959-52-101 |
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Provenance: | Given by Bryant W. Langston to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1959. |
Paper size: | 184 x 248 mm |
Plate mark size: | 152 x 229 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
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Tab?: | no |
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Medium: | etching |
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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: | |
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Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
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Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
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Source of information: | Museum records and Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0420313 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.