54Black Lion WharfArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1924.634 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | From the Ethel Wrenn Bequest |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago; bequeathed by Ethel Wrenn to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1924. |
| Paper size: | 265 x 388 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 227 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | The same fibrous Japanese paper with inclusions as The Pool (1938.1916) from the Buckingham collection. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| 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: | verso lower right: 'J.H.W.' in rectangular frame (John Henry Wrenn, Lugt 1475) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '7003' at lower right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0420202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.