49The PoolBritish MuseumAccession no: 1973-09-15-16 State: 4/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Acquired from Whistler by W. C. Alexander; passed by family descent to his daughter, Rachel Alexander; sold by her executors with 19 other etchings for a total of £3165.0.0 to the British Museum, London, 1973 (Report of Gere, Keeper of the Print Room, 17 17 August 1973, Trustees Reports). |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49971 |
| Paper size: | 268 x 262 + 95 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 138 x 212 mm |
| Other size: | 136 x 211 mm |
| Note on size: | a rough edge at right with a section cut out. |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | Ivory on off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine collé on wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light residual tone. |
| Note on foul biting: | Only a trace at the bottom edge. |
| Print note: | A clear impression, with signs of vertical burnishing; it looks gold on that paper; the print goes well outside the chine at the bottom. |
| 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: | 'Whistler - ' in pen (see below) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st state' in pen |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0430309 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.