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Black Lion Wharf

Toledo Museum of Art
Accession no: 1912.1190

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Provenance:Acquired by Toledo Museum of Art in 1912.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:150 x 225 mm  
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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  
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Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
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Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K0420314  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.