54Black Lion WharfBritish MuseumAccession no: 1863-10-17-170 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Purchased from Whistler by the British Museum, London, 1863. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA 49966 |
| Paper size: | 233 x 302 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 151 x 225 mm |
| Note on size: | laid down on off-white wove |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japan |
| Note on the paper: | fibres add to the textural effect, and horizontal laid lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | specks and flecks overall, particularly at the edges and corners; there is a blob at the left edge. There is an area of cloth/scrim/regular texture at bottom left. |
| Print note: | Note the extra textured area below the rowboat at left, the short angular lines above, crossing the reflection of the schooner, and the mostly obliterated pointed stern of the barge at left. There are faint traces of a different barge behind the nearest boat. There may be drypoint strengthening of the Thames barge sails in front of Black Lion Wharf itself. |
| 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0420209 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.