54Black Lion WharfFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.105 State: 4/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Purchased from C. P. Colnaghi, bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 205 x 322 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 227 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800); little debris - even distribution, page removed from book, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'GR', crown and wreath in a circle |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone along left and right plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | Most near plate corners and along left and right plate edges (black patch at lower left plate edge removed) with scattered flecks throughout. |
| Print note: | Strong impression, lines enriched slightly, with light tonal effects. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1859.' and, on signboards : 'HORES WHARF', 'HOARES WHARF.', 'DOWNES', 'OLD SHIPPING CLIPPERS / TO LET EVERY DAY. / GLASCOW INVERNES (the first 'N' reversed) / GRANGEMOUTH PETERHA[ ]', 'ST. ANDREWS.', 'BLAC LION W RF' |
| 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: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W40' on recto, erased; ' W40' on verso by C.L. Freer; '06.105', Veritype inscription in pencil, verso; M. Smith wrote in pencil, verso: 'F1906.105, K. 42' written on verso by M.Smith, Freer Gallery. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0420304 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.