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Black Lion Wharf

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Accession no: WAG 2494

Collection credit:Bequeathed by James Smith (of Blundellsands)  
Image credit:  
Provenance:James Smith (1831-1923), Blundellsands; bequeathed to the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1923.  
Additional acq. no:BW 641  

 

Paper size:176 x 252 mm  
Plate mark size:151 x 228 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:stuck down on heavy backing card.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Unable to examine properly.  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a light even tone.  
Note on foul biting:There is pitting, particularly towards the edges.  
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. [superscript 't'] 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:Unable to examine verso as stuck down on secondary support.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'2876B', 'IN2494' on recto, at lower edge.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0420316  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.