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The Little Pool

British Museum
Accession no: 1885-05-09-23
State: 3/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1885.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50283  

 

Paper size:148 x 174 mm  
Plate mark size:103 x 125 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:medium-light weight 'antique' laid paper.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:Pen and brown ink added over figures at left, barges, masts, water and sky. Kennedy: 'Two more figures, and the soft hat which the artist now wears, are drawn in ink.'  
Print tone:Print tone is used in the foreground around the barges and pier, and to a lesser extent in the middleground water and sky.  
Note on foul biting:There is tightly regulated pitting around the figures, pier, barge and lettering to give shading and emphasis, possibly using imprint from scrim. There is a grip mark from a tool at the lower left corner.  
Print note:Wipe marks are evident in the foreground.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1861 -'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'The Works of James Whistler: Etchings and Dry Points, are on View at E. Thomas' Publisher. / 39. Old Bond Street.'  
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:On verso, circular brown ink stamp, within platemark: 'BRITISH MUSEUM / 1885 / 5 9 / 23'  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'36' on verso, within platemark  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0740401  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.