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Wapping - The Pool

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession 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.