54Black Lion WharfFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1896.21 State: C/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, (receipt, 9 January 1896), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, January 1896; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 158 x 236 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 227 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | little debris - even distribution |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | Most near plate corners ( black patch at lower left plate edge removed) with scattered flecks throughout. |
| Print note: | Drypoint cancellation lines |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1859.' and, on signboards : 'HORES WHARF', 'HOARES WHARF.', 'DOWNES', 'OLD SHIPPING CLIPPERS / TO LET EVERY DAY. / GLASCOW INVERNES (the first 'N' reversed) / GRANGEMOUTH PETERHA[ ]', 'ST. ANDREWS.', 'BLAC LION W RF' |
| 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: | Unidentified writing in pencil, verso: 96.21 W40 K42 Gr42 M41 Black Lion Wharf E. M. Smith wrote in pencil, verso: F1896.21 K42 (ms) |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W40 K42 Gr42 M41' and 'Black Lion Wharf' and 'E' on verso (in hand of Freer staff member as writing matches accession number inscription). |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0420401 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.