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Black Lion Wharf

Black Lion Wharf
 1859; printed (1859-1871)
from the Sixteen etchings of scenes on the Thames set 1871

Medium
etching
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Jacobus Francis van Breda and Helen Mary Cooley through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2024
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching
Measurements
15.0 × 22.3 cm (plate) 20.7 × 26.7 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Glasgow 54 ii/iv; Kennedy 42 ii/iii; Mansfield 41; Wedmore 40
Edition
2nd of 4 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.r. (in image): Whistler 1859
Accession Number
2024.742
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Jacobus Francis van Breda and Helen Mary Cooley through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2024
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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