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The Pool

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.36
State: 6/6

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:171 x 252 mm  
Plate mark size:138 x 215 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:thin  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Light tone  
Note on foul biting:tiny flecks  
Print note:Quite dark dense printing.  

 

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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0430409  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.