54Black Lion WharfBirmingham Museum and Art GalleryAccession no: 565'04 State: 4/4 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | One of 15 etchings purchased and presented by the Trustees of the Public Picture Gallery Fund, Birmingham, June 1904. |
| Paper size: | 207 x 280 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 150 x 225 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | light/medium weight, brittle and heavily sized. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | There is very light print tone at the edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | There is foul biting at the edges and a mark from the grip of a tool at the left side. There is pitting throughout with particularly dense areas towards the edges. |
| Print note: | There is retroussage evident and on the left side signs of stopping out varnish or possibly the use of the wax dam method when applying the acid. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | on signboards : 'HORES [sic] WHARF', '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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W40 / K42 III Black Lion Wharf' on recto, at lower left; '3.' on verso, at lower right |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0420z26 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.