54Black Lion WharfWesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.Accession no: 1953.D1.10 |
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| Provenance: | Bequest of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1953 |
| Paper size: | 218x309 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 151x225 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | Medium-weight cream laid paper |
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| Medium: | etching |
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| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
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| 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: | |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
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| Collector's mark: | DAC stamp in brown ink on verso |
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| Misc inscriptions by others: | lower left: '23u k.42 a48336'; upper right: '1/200'; on verso, lower right: 'From Matthews + Brooke' |
| Source of information: | Museum records |
| ID: | K0420218 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.