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Black Lion Wharf

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession no: 57.230
State: 2/4

Collection credit:Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895.  
Image credit:Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca  
Provenance:William P. Chapman, Jr; bequeathed to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957.  

 

Paper size:221 x 315 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 223 mm  
Note on size:indents at left, possibly from a book  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique'; darkened to tan  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even light overall tone of light, warm buff colour  
Note on foul biting:particularly at edge and lower left corner  
Print note:burr edge to paper at right  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:  
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:'wpc jr' recto  
Dealers' stock nos:'B9463' recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0420228  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.