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Wapping - The Pool

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 4/8

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo Whistler Etchings Project / E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910)  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911).  

 

Paper size:409 x 304 mm  
Plate mark size:188 x 276 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no (?)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Even overall tone, with a brownish effect.  
Note on foul biting:Small dots, a lot of texture on the left and bottom and in the lower sky.  
Print note:Some burr, quite rich, though some tone.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Wapping - The Pool -' on recto in formal writing, possibly by Whistler  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:large 1880 butterfly - a bit odd  
Collector's mark:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1740401  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.