54Black Lion WharfBritish MuseumAccession no: 1973-09-15-15 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Acquired from Whistler by W. C. Alexander; passed by family descent to his daughter, Rachel Alexander; sold by her executors with 19 other etchings for a total of £3165.0.0 to the British Museum, London, 1973 (Report of Gere, Keeper of the Print Room, 17 17 August 1973, Trustees Reports). |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49932 |
| Paper size: | 267 x 363 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 151 x 224 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid? |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'HUDELIST', partial, with bottom half of letters cut off, (see bottom half in K0400204) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very light overall tone. |
| Note on foul biting: | Some flecks, particularly at the edge and corners and one blot at bottom left just above the corner. The textured area below the rowboat at left is faint. |
| Print note: | The sky to left of the chimney is cleaned up but has a vertical scratch. |
| 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: | 'Whistler.' in pen on insert in margin |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st. State. / Early proof -' on insert in margin |
| 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: | K0420221 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.