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Eagle Wharf

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession no: 57.229
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895.  
Image credit:Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a69108). William P. Chapman, Jr; bequeathed to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957.  

 

Paper size:219 x 359 mm  
Plate mark size:137 x 214 mm  
Note on size:from a book, uneven bottom edge with binding holes  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique'; paper has blue edge left and right  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light residual  
Note on foul biting:lots of flecks and dots  
Print note:scratches across water  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:on signboards: 'TYZAC, WHITELEY & Co.', 'W. BROWN / SAIL Maker / SHIPOWNER', 'EAGLE / WHARF'  
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):'Cul. F. Goulding' [or Col.?)  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'wpc jr' recto  
Dealers' stock nos:'6126' recto; 'a69108' verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'32' recto; 'co' verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0410114  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.