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

Pushkin State Museum of the Fine Arts
Accession no: ?- 54201
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Acquired by the Pushkin State Museum of the Fine Arts.  

 

Paper size:281 x 402 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 147 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream on white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine applique on laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clean wiped, with residual tone at edges.  
Note on foul biting:A few deep flecks at bottom left; and deliberate lightly flecked/textured area on the artist's trousers.  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K0250135  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.