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The Little Pool

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 23.1246
State: 9/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Francis Bullard (1862-1913, Boston); passed to his brother Dr William Norton Bullard (1853-1931), Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, April 1923.  

 

Paper size:174 x 225 mm  
Plate mark size:101 x 123 mm  
Note on size:Irregular sheet.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):'modern' laid  
Note on the paper:thin  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:moderate overall tone, more at edges, accentuated by slight tone in plate, especially at the left  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:quite a rich impression of the figures  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1861 -'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp.'  
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:'c 4490 / set' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'M73-VII W. 72'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0740818  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.