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

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 850
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883-1968); bought from Mrs E. S. Lumsden by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1949.  
Additional acq. no:P. 1755  

 

Paper size:157 x 211 mm  
Plate mark size:111 x 145 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:Off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:Light weight  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:dots and speckles  
Print note:Quite a good impression.  

 

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:'C 3493' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0250121  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.