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The Pool

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 41.1.199
State: 4/6

Collection credit:Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his family, 1941  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Possibly acquired from Whistler by Henry Studdy Theobald (b. 1847); given by Felix M. Warburg and his family to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1941.  

 

Paper size:251 x 352 mm  
Plate mark size:137 x 211 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:medium weight paper, might be Asian  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light tone  
Note on foul biting:a little at edges, slight scrapey effects and texture at bottom.  
Print note:  

 

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: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:'F.M.W' stamp (Felix M. Warburg) on verso, blind stamp recto 'HST' (H. S. Theobald, Lugt 1376)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0430311  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.