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Wapping - The Pool

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.370
State: 4/8

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Obach & Co., London, 1906; bought by Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

Paper size:248 x 354 mm  
Plate mark size:187 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:Strasbourg Lily  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:At left and lower left.  
Print note:  

 

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 in graphite at lower right on the recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Wapping - The Pool' at lower left on the recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:The '2' may be in Whistler's hand; the butterfly signature is a large shaded butterfly  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'2' at lower right on the recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1740405  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.