Art, literature & history
The Pool
1859
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 13.8 × 21.5 cm (5 7/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 16.3 × 24 cm (6 7/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1917.529
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Pool. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Pool — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1859.
Medium: Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Plate: 13.8 × 21.5 cm (5 7/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 16.3 × 24 cm (6 7/16 × 9 1/2 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.