79The Little PoolFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.318 State: 4/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (Wunderlich receipt 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 106 x 130 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 103 x 125 mm |
| Note on size: | narrow margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | even distribution, much debris |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of plate tone near plate corners |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable foul biting on figures and bulkhead at left, area around lettering and on barges in foreground; large vise mark at lower left corner |
| Print note: | it appears that some foul biting has been burnished out, but other areas have been left 'strategically'--for example, as shading on clothing of figures and on certain parts of foreground barges |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1861' and 'The Works of James Whistler: Etchings and Dry Points, are on View at E. Thomas' / Publisher. |
| 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: | M. Smith notes previous existence of inscription "S.H. 1" in graphite on old mount (now lost). It was erased 1924.02.12. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0740503 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.