Art, literature & history
The Pool
1859
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint; fourth state of six (Glasgow); black ink on thick cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. (13.7 x 21 cm) sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 3/8 in. (25.1 x 34 cm)
- Collection no.
- 41.1.199
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The Pool. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Pool — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1859.
Medium: Etching and drypoint; fourth state of six (Glasgow); black ink on thick cream laid paper. Dimensions: plate: 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. (13.7 x 21 cm) sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 3/8 in. (25.1 x 34 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his family, 1941.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
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.