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The Little Pool

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie
Accession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 1
State: 9/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France  
Provenance:David Keppel, New York; given in 1914 to (Eugène?) Bejot, Paris; later donated to the Cabinet des estampes, Bibliothèque nationale de France  
Additional acq. no:D.03570  

 

Paper size:166 x 197/194 mm  
Plate mark size:102 x 126 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory discoloured to buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid Japanese  
Note on the paper:thin and soft  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light even residual tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1861 -'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:recto red oval stamp 'B.N. EST' (Lugt 400) / black stamp lower right corner 'D.03570'  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:'à Monsieur Bejot le 25 April 1914 de la part de David Keppel' on lower left corner  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0740809  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.