Fumette's Bent Head |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.287) | |
| Number: | 58 | |
| Date: | 1859 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 229 x 154 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler.' at lower left (2) | |
| Inscribed: | '1859.' at lower left (2) | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 20 | |
| Catalogues: | K.57; M.57; T.70; W.51 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (20) | ||
The copper plate bears the rectangular stamp of 'HUGHES & KIMBER / MANUFACTURERS/ RED LION SQUARE / FLEET STREET / LONDON'. The same stamp appears on several copper plates of the same size including three Thames plates of 1859 (Black Lion Wharf 054, Thames Police 053, Stevens' Boat Yard 056) and three portraits (Whistler with a hat 044, Arthur Haden 066, Mr Mann 073), all of 1859-1860. 5
The copper plate was probably among those cancelled at the time of Whistler's bankruptcy. It was cancelled with repeated diagonal lines across the face. The cancelled plate was probably among those bought at Whistler's bankruptcy sale by the Fine Art Society, London. It was published in the set of Cancelled Plates by the Fine Art Society in 1879.
The copper plate was probably among those cancelled at the time of Whistler's bankruptcy. It was cancelled with repeated diagonal lines across the face. The cancelled plate was probably among those bought at Whistler's bankruptcy sale by the Fine Art Society, London. It was published in the set of Cancelled Plates by the Fine Art Society in 1879.
5: Also of the same size are Z. Astruc, Editor of 'L'Artiste' 036, Venus 060, Axenfeld 068 and Riault (The Wood Engraver) 069.
The plate was probably acquired from Robert Dunthorne (b. ca 1851) by Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), in exchange for lithographs. 6
The plate was given by Miss Philip to the University of Glasgow in 1935.
The plate was given by Miss Philip to the University of Glasgow in 1935.
6: Note by R. Birnie Philip, inserted in album, Hunterian Art Gallery.