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

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1933.268
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Gift of Mr. Walter S. Brewster  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Walter Stanton Brewster (1872-1954), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1933.  
Additional acq. no:11454  

 

Paper size:309 x 438 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 147 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
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:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:'WSB' (W.S. Brewster, Lugt 2651a)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'R 1379N' at lower left recto and title and reference numbers in Brewster's hand at lower centre recto.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0250105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.