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Eagle Wharf

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: E.3041-1931
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Bequeatherd by Hans Velten  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York; presented to Hans Velten, London, September 1899; bequeathed to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1931.  
Additional acq. no:EE.1B  

 

Paper size:180 x 265 mm  
Plate mark size:137 x 213 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:?  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light, generally even plate tone  
Note on foul biting:fine and loose, scattered pitting in lower third of plate.  
Print note:  

 

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):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'To H. Velten, with the very kind regards of F.K. September 1899.' recto below platemark; same hand, bottom left, 'Eagle Wharf, or "Tyzac, Whiteley + Co" - plate destroyed. Wedmore 39'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0410158  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.