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The Pool

Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Accession no: A 1898-404
State: 4/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden, 1898, for £10.  

 

Paper size:240 x 353 mm  
Plate mark size:137 x 212 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:medium strong  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Slight tone along margins, else clean.  
Note on foul biting:Fine pitting at lower left on boat below figure, cloud of fine pitting above right oar in water, some pitting also in Pool.  
Print note:clean, fresh impression  

 

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:brown round stamp of the Kupferstichkabinett, Lugt 1616 on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'6997' on verso below platemark left, ticked off in red  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W41' recto lower left; lower centre, 'The Pool'; lower margin/right, 'Very early and fine proof'; verso lower margin centre, '11': '£50' ? recto lower right corne r; '10/-/.' verso below platemark left.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0430321  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.