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Wapping - The Pool

Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession no: 1996.48.9074
State: 8/8

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art  
Provenance:George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996.  

 

Paper size:279 x 356 mm  
Plate mark size:188 x 275 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' (pre 1800) laid paper.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Light tone, looks buff  
Note on foul biting:A lot of dots and flecks  
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' on recto below right of platemark  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'To George Lucas.' on recto below left of platemark  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:1880 butterfly in pencil  
Collector's mark:'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION' stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'143' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1740702  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.