A city wharf

Mortimer Menpes
Britain/Australia
1855 – 1938

A city wharf
c 1886-89
etching, drypoint, plate tone, printed in brown ink on paper
Place made
London
Medium
etching, drypoint, plate tone, printed in brown ink on paper
Dimensions
15.3 x 10.9 cm (plate)
16.0 x 11.4 cm (sheet)
37.5 x 29.9 cm (cardboard mount)
Credit line
Gift of the artist 1889
Accession number
188912G2
Signature and date
Signed in margin l.l., pencil "Mortimer Menpes imp." and engraved in plate l.r. "Menpes del et imp." Not dated.
Catalogue raisonne
GM 137
Media category
Print
Collection area
British prints

  • The World of Mortimer Menpes: painter etcher, raconteur

    Art Gallery of South Australia, 14 June 2014 – 7 September 2014

  • Graphic works by Whistler and his associates

    Art Gallery of South Australia, 1 September 1975 – 28 September 1975

  • Two Hundred Years of British Etching, 1985

    Art Gallery of South Australia, 15 March 1985 – 26 May 1985
  • [Thesis] Smith, Rosemary T. 1996. Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1855-1938): His Life and Work.
  • [Book] Dunbar, Diane. 1985. Two hundred years of British etching.
  • [Book] Morgan, Gary. 2012. The etched works of Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938). 3 volumes.
  • [Book] Robinson, Julie. 2014. The World of Mortimer Menpes: painter, etcher, raconteur.