Bibi Lalouette |  Freer Gallery of Art (1890.2) | |
| Number: | 33 | |
| Date: | 1859 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 227 x 151 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler.' at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | '1859.' at lower right | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 69 | |
| Catalogues: | K.51; M.51; T.30; W.30 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (69) | ||
Bibi Lalouette is signed and dated '1859' on the copper plate.
Whistler made a number of portraits in Paris in 1859 including Bibi Valentin [34], Z. Astruc, Editor of 'L'Artiste' [36], Whistler with a hat [44], C. L. Drouet, Sculptor [35], Fumette standing [59], Fumette's Bent Head [58] and Finette [61]. Of these Bibi Valentin is the most closely related in subject, scale and technique.