79The Little PoolBritish MuseumAccession no: 1885-05-09-24 State: 5/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1885. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA50265 |
| Paper size: | 155 x 250 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 99 x 125 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove? |
| Note on the paper: | old paper with flecks of wove/fibre |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | residual, hardly any |
| Note on foul biting: | a spot at top right corner |
| Print note: | very light impression with bare bit in middle of ships |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1861 -' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'The Works of James Whistler: Etchings and Dry Points, are on View at E. Thomas' /Publisher. / 39. Old Bond Street.' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | not on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'The relic of this plate I took,/ according to Whistlers direction to Hughes and Kimber to have / the mist taken off the name and the wretched Goths took the whole [underlined] (!) off - and spoiled it of course - March 29th 1861.' in ink in Thomas's hand lower margin. 'Whistler imp.' in pen under platemark at bottom right 'only one besides one Whistler has' in pen centre - '303.' in pen at top right corner;'5th State / printed by Whistler himself' at bottom left; the 'only me..' and 'Whistler imp.' are written very small in another hand |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0740601 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.