79The Little PoolArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1924.639 State: 4/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of Ethel Wrenn |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 37256). John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago; bequeathed by Ethel Wrenn to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1924. |
| Paper size: | 247 x 348 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 102 x 124 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | 'old ledger' paper with page numbers, in ink, recto and verso |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | Black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with light overall plate tone; inky plate edges; many inky fingerprints |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| 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: | inscribed 'The Works of James Whistler: Etchings and Dry Points, are on View at E. Thomas' / 29 Old Bond Street [space] Publisher.' |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.B.' [?] (? B. Bernard MacGeorge, L. 394); 'J.H.W.' (John H. Wrenn, Lugt 1475) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 37256' at lower left recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '332.' and '331.' in brown ink, at lower left recto and upper left verso, respectively (old ledger inscriptions); '6' [or '61'?] at lower left recto; '4th state' (crossed out) and '5 State' and '2nd state' (erased) and '48' at lower right recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0740502 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.