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Black Lion Wharf

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 1984.17.5

Collection credit:Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of Mr and Mrs Adolph Weil, Jr., in memory of Mr and Mrs Adolph Weil, Sr.  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Kennedy Galleries, New York; Adolph Weil, Jr, Montgomery, AL; given to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL, 1984.  

 

Paper size:189 x 267 mm  
Plate mark size:149 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 7894' and '8267' on verso, lower left; '7894' and '7895' centre right (crossed out)  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K0420322  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.