The Pool

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Edition/State

  3

• Label

  The appearance of a print is affected by many factors, including the way in which the plate is inked, the color of the ink, and the kind of paper used. This impression of The Pool is richly printed on thin laid Japan paper, which gives an extra luster to the dark black ink. The Pool was a wide stretch of the Thames downstream from Black Lion Wharf.

  Whistler etchings are identified by "K" numbers as assigned in Edward Kennedy's catalogue, The Etched Work of Whistler, (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; and subsequent editions). This print is K43; third state of four.

  Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G49 state 4 of 6.

• Provenance

  To 1888

  Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1888 [1]

  From 1888 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1888 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (April 4, 1930 to January 20, 1944)

  Etchings and Dry Points by Whistler (March 23, 1925 to March 24, 1930)

  Special Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (January 14, 1924 to February 18, 1924)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Frederick Keppel and Co. (1868-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Date

  1850s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Frederick Keppel and Co.

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Boats and boating, Art, American Art, Cities and towns, Etching (printing process)

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Prints