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The Little Pool

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: R219NA
State: 9/9

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, John Witt Randall Fund  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Acquired by the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA.  

 

Paper size:139 x 166 mm  
Plate mark size:103 x 126 mm  
Note on size:margin  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone in sky; river seems wiped especially clean  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A good impression, with burr on the figures, and a little on the boats  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whislter 1861'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp.' below platemark  
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:the pencil butterfly is very small, and dates from the 1890s.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0740807  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.