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The Pool

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Accession no: L.65.2011.10
State: 6/6

Collection credit:Promised gift of Frank Raysor.  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Raysor Collection; promised gift to Virginia Museum of Fine Art.  

 

Paper size:219 x 290 mm  
Plate mark size:138 x 217 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):asian  
Note on the paper:soft paper, 'laid', wide chain marks  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:good clear impression  

 

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:  
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:'16535' recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0430z31  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.