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Black Lion Wharf

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.9104
State: 2/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-11171  

 

Paper size:216 x 305 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 222 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:tiny blue grey fibrous inclusion  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Somewhat inky plate mark.  
Note on foul biting:Large, dark patch just above the lower left corner; scattered flecks and small patches.  
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:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c)  
Dealers' stock nos:'22503' and 'R1668S' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0420211  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.