79The Little PoolBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 25.1286 State: 4/9 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 36115). Francis Bullard (1862-1913), Boston; passed to his cousin Ellen Twistleton Bullard (1865-1959), Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, November 1925. |
| Paper size: | 219 x 269 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 102 x 124 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | moderate overall, uneven tone |
| Note on foul biting: | around inscription |
| Print note: | some diagonal pressure marks across the print, upper left to lower right |
| 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: | butterfly |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of 1890s |
| Collector's mark: | MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 36115' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '72' on recto ' M73-V' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0740605 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.