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Black Lion Wharf,

From the set of sixteen etchings, The Thames Set

Etching and drypoint on laid paper

Second of three states

Print impression quality: Very good

Dimensions (Plate): 151 x 225 mm (5.9 x 8.9 in.)

Dimensions (Sheet): 218 x 311 mm (8.6 x 12.2 in.)

Inscribed in plate, lower right: “Whistler. 1859”; inscribed in pencil on verso, lower right: “From Matthews + Brooke”

Edition: From the set “A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects,” known as “The Thames Set,” published 1871

Accession number: 1953.D1.10

Bequest of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1953

Bibliography: Kennedy 42 ii/iii.

Work Type: print

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• piers (marine landings)
• marine views
• England
• London

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