79The Little PoolBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 23.1246 State: 9/9 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Francis Bullard (1862-1913, Boston); passed to his brother Dr William Norton Bullard (1853-1931), Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, April 1923. |
| Paper size: | 174 x 225 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 101 x 123 mm |
| Note on size: | Irregular sheet. |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | 'modern' laid |
| Note on the paper: | thin |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | moderate overall tone, more at edges, accentuated by slight tone in plate, especially at the left |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | quite a rich impression of the figures |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of 1890s |
| Collector's mark: | MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c 4490 / set' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'M73-VII W. 72' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0740818 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.