49The PoolVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: 19788 State: 4/6 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Sold as 'Lighter, Jane No 6' by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London, to South Kensington Museum with 15 other etchings including seven from the 'Thames Set' on 1 January 1861 for £10.10.10 for all 16 etchings. |
| Additional acq. no: | EE.1B |
| Paper size: | n/a mm |
| Plate mark size: | 139 x 214 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| 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: | overall light even tone |
| Note on foul biting: | some at the edges, some texturing in foreground |
| Print note: | A good impression, with slightly grey effect in water; a lot of scratching visible, in the sky, vertically at the sides and in the water, and some horizonta scratches; this almost looks like an earlier draft of the buildings between the ship at top right and the buildings at far right. |
| 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: | crowned 'NAL' stamp in black ink in bottom right corner within platemark on recto (V&A, Lugt 1957) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '19788' on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0430324 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.