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The Pool

British Museum
Accession no: 1863-10-17-177
State: 4/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Purchased from Whistler by the British Museum, London, 1863.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA49893  

 

Paper size:157 x 234 mm  
Plate mark size:137 x 215 mm  
Other size:162 x 242 additional pmk mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japan  
Note on the paper:Laid down on off-white wove; it looks matt, possibly japan; it has big flecks of wood.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light grey overall tone  
Note on foul biting:texturing around the boats  
Print note:The image is sharp but the effect is grey and thin, perhaps under-inked. There are signs of burnishing; there is a printer's crease diagonally at top left.  

 

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:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0430322  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.