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

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Accession no: P.276-1954.
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK  
Provenance:Given by Guy John Fenton Knowles (1879-1959) to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, October 1954.  

 

Paper size:130 x 162 mm  
Plate mark size:111 x 145 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine collé on wove  
Note on the paper:dark, nearly brown  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light  
Note on foul biting:dots and texture  
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:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K0250117  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.