Wharfs near Tilbury (1875-1918)

Edgar M. Wilson

etching on thin paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

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Materials:

Paper

Physical Object Description:

Two figures loading a horse-drawn cart on a wharf; pulley-system and crane at left, warehouses at right; shipmasts seen in background. Inscribed in graphite below image with the title followed by '8. XL' and production details: 'by the late Edgar Wilson / R. H. imp.'

Technique:

Etching

Dimensions:

10 x 11 cm

Accession Number:

1948,0710.34

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1948

Scheme:

S. E. Thornton Bequest (1938-1945)

Ownership history:

Bequeathed by S. E. Thornton (-1942) to the Contemporary Art Society; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1948

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London S. E. Thornton

Subject:

Harbour, Boats

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