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The Little Pool

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 9/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:125 x 151 mm  
Plate mark size:102 x 126 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:warm shade  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:beehive  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone  
Note on foul biting:considerable  
Print note:appears to be pure etching, but it's possible that a few deep lines at left could be drypoint  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1861 -'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler' written across bottom right corner  
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:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'72 ²' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0740506  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.