78MillbankVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: Circ.13-1912 State: 5/5 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Bought from E. Parsons & Sons, 45 Brompton Road, London S.W., by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, on 2 December 1911 (accessioned 1912). |
| Additional acq. no: | EE.1C |
| Paper size: | 151 x 205 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 100 x 125 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | hard paper, top/right edges torn, bottom/left edges cut |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light residual tone; slightly darker on right edge; some tone on boat's stern and in top left corner |
| Note on foul biting: | - |
| Print note: | traces of the burnished-out inscription on the plate (cf. earlier states) |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '[D]ELIGHT / 1861' on barge |
| 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: | The inscription evidently states the wrong title. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | verso bottom right: 'CIRC. 13-1912'; bottom right in brown ink: '360'; in black-blue ink: 'W 213'; recto lower left: 'The Little Pool' [sic!], lower right: '12 1/2 x 13 1/2' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0710523 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.