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54

Black Lion Wharf

Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Accession no: A 1897-648
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:R. Gutekunst, London; sold to the Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, 1897, for 85 DM.  

 

Paper size:182 x 250 mm  
Plate mark size:151 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Posthorn  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown/black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Some light tone along margins.  
Note on foul biting:Dense fine pitting in lower left corner.  
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: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:  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso lower margin centre: '53/'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0420325  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.