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49

The Pool

Brooklyn Museum
Accession no: 48.209.4
State: 4/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Seymour Haden (?). Jules Gerbeau (d. 1906), Paris. R. Gutekunst, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a41798) for£72 ; sold before 1910 to unidentified collector. Given by exchange to the Brooklyn Museum in 1948.  

 

Paper size:268 x 362 mm  
Plate mark size:138 x 213 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:partial  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone  
Note on foul biting:a little at edge  
Print note:lots of vertical scraped lines  

 

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:no  
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:  
Collector's mark:'JG' in red triangle stamp (J. Gerbeau, Lugt 1166); Brooklyn Museum stamp  
Dealers' stock nos:'E 2290'; 'a45019'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'15. Brilliant and very [illegible] impression. Printed by Delâtre. S.H.'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0430z24  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.