49The PoolVirginia Museum of Fine Arts, RichmondAccession no: 35.1.29 State: 4/6 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of John Barton Payne |
| Image credit: | Photo Travis Fullerton © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts |
| Provenance: | Bequest of John Barton Payne to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1935. |
| Paper size: | 162 x 240 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 138 x 215 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: | beehive (bricked arch) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | fine drypoint in sky, clear impression, bare patch in the sky at upper right by the building |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0430z16 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
