54Black Lion WharfVirginia Museum of Fine Arts, RichmondAccession no: 35.1.45 State: 4/4 |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of John Barton Payne |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Bequest of John Barton Payne to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1935. |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | 149 x 224 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| 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: | 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: | |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Museum records |
| ID: | K0420z21 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.