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The Title Page for 'Douze Eaux Fortes d'après Nature'

Boston Public Library
Accession no: ?
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Acquired by Boston Public Library, MA.  

 

Paper size:468 x 329 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 148 mm  
Note on size:paper size that of front wrapper; both sides present  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:blue  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid (?)  
Note on the paper:laid down on blue cloth (?)  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:moderate overall tone.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:original contents label laid onto back wrapper.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:see inscriptions  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Douze / Eaux Fortes / d'apres [sic] Nature / par / James Whistler' and 'Á [sic] / Mon viel [sic] Ami Seymour Haden.'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue. St. Jacques. 171. Paris. Nov. 1858'  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
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:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0250115  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.