54Black Lion WharfHamburger KunsthalleAccession no: 34015 State: 2/4 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Whistler, given to James Traer (c.1834-1867). Acquired by the Hamburger Kunsthalle. |
| Paper size: | 262 x 337 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 225 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'HUDELIST'? (only upperpart of capital letters visible) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | even plate tone |
| Note on foul biting: | clusters of pitting along lower margin, across figures at far right, across boat and to left above boat |
| 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: | see inscription |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'To Traer from Whistler' |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: | - |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | verso centre stamp in brown ink: seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | verso lower centre: '7002' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0420220 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.