Soupe à trois sous |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.250) | |
| Number: | 64 | |
| Date: | 1859 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 152 x 228 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler. -' at upper right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 56 | |
| Catalogues: | K.49; M.49; T.25; W.27 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (56) | ||
Soupe à trois sous dates from 1859. According to Thomas: 'While he was etching this (Paris, 1859), at twelve o'clock at night, a gend'arme came up to him and wanted to know what he was doing. Whistler gave him the plate upside down, but officialism could make nothing of it'. 1
1: Thomas 1874 (cat. no. 25).
Paris subjects of this date are mostly portraits, including Bibi Valentin [34],
Bibi Lalouette [33],
J. Becquet, Sculptor [62],
Z. Astruc, Editor of 'L'Artiste' [36],
C. L. Drouet, Sculptor [35],
Fumette standing [59],
Fumette's Bent Head [58],
Finette [61] and
Venus [60], plus one cityscape, Isle de la Cité, Paris [63].