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The Pool

1859
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Pool
  • Series/Portfolio: Thames Set ("A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects" 1871)
  • Artist: James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London)
  • Date: 1859
  • Medium: Etching and drypoint, printed in black ink on extremely fine laid Japan; sixth state of six (Glasgow)
  • Dimensions: Plate: 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. (13.7 x 21.3 cm)
    Sheet: 6 11/16 × 9 15/16 in. (17 × 25.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.36
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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