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The Pool

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession 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.