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Black Lion Wharf

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Accession no: 1974-179-484

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Carl Zigrosser to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1974.  

 

Paper size:171 x 241 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 222 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:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:An impression from the cancelled plate  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:on signboards : 'HORES [sic] WHARF', '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:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Museum records and Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0420z28  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.