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The Cock and the Pump |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46914) | |
| Number: | 321 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 222 x 144 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 7 | |
| Catalogues: | K.304; M.299; W.235 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (7) | ||
The Cock and the Pump dates from 1887. It was etched in Sandwich, Kent, which was visited by Whistler in the late summer or early autumn of 1887.
The butterfly signature is consistent with this date. The first recorded sale was on 21 December 1887 to Thomas M. McLean (b. ca 1832). 1
1: GUW #13017.