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.