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Auguste Delâtre, Printer

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © New York Public Library  
Provenance:Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris; probably sold at auction, Sotheby, London, 30 April 1876 (lot 744), bought by Palmer, £3.3.0. Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:198 x 115 mm  
Plate mark size:81 x 56 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone, quite liquid - looking at bottom  
Note on foul biting:no  
Print note:good impression, rich black ink  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'J. Whistler.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Homage / à Mme Delatre.'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler' in pencil below platemark  
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:'PB' stamp (P. Burty, Lugt 413)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Mon portrait par J. Whisler [sic] / Aug. Delâtre' below Whistler's signature; 'Portrait d'Auguste Delâtre, imprimeur' in blue below that.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0260107  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.