49The PoolBritish MuseumAccession no: 1863-10-17-177 State: 4/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Purchased from Whistler by the British Museum, London, 1863. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49893 |
| Paper size: | 157 x 234 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 137 x 215 mm |
| Other size: | 162 x 242 additional pmk mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japan |
| Note on the paper: | Laid down on off-white wove; it looks matt, possibly japan; it has big flecks of wood. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light grey overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | texturing around the boats |
| Print note: | The image is sharp but the effect is grey and thin, perhaps under-inked. There are signs of burnishing; there is a printer's crease diagonally at top left. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | on signboards, 'COOPER', 'Gr GEORGE'S Wf', 'NEW CRANE / TO LET'; on boat, 'JANE No. 6' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0430322 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.