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The Pool

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: R216NA
State: 6/6

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, John Witt Randall Fund  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Acquired by the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA.  

 

Paper size:172 x 243 mm  
Plate mark size:138 x 216 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slightest overall tone, rather bare in the sky  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A good impression, particularly the barges, though a bit thin.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:on signboards, 'COOPER', 'Gr GEORGE'S Wf', 'NEW CRANE / TO LET'; on boat, 'JANE No. 6'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp.' below platemark  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:small pencil butterfly dating from the 1890s  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0430417  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.