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Charlotte Mason Picture Study Aid Whistler

Black Lion Wharf

1859
Etching (#4 of 4)
29 × 41 cm
various locations

KEY TOPICS:

• The setting is between Downes and Carron Wharves, east of St. Katharine’s Dock in

London. (MacDonald and de Montfort)
• The figure on the bottom is waiting for the tides while the other figures behind him

continue their work. (Cusack)

• This etching was reproduced in the painting on the wall in the background of “Arrangement

in Grey and Black.” (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

• You can see the title of the piece (or the location) on the front of the building on the far-
right (“Blac Lion” with “Wharf” obscured behind the cordage of the ship). (Thomas)

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