180Wapping - The PoolHerbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, IthacaAccession no: 57.239 State: 5/8 |
Collection credit: | Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895. |
Image credit: | Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca |
Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 22593). William P. Chapman, Jr; bequeathed to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957. |
Paper size: | 307 x 405 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: | 'antique' |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | Pro Patria |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light overall |
Note on foul biting: | heavy flecking at edges, texture around ships, edges |
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 'imp-' (of 1878) |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '3' recto possibly by Whistler |
Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
Note on the tab: |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'wpc jr' recto |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 22593' verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'The Pool' verso; 'first proof from plate before publication' recto; 'E/E/-' (elaborate cursive initials) on recto |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K1740408 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.