22The Title Page for 'Douze Eaux Fortes d'après Nature'Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, RotterdamAccession no: BdeH. 252322 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Vlg Hertzberger, A'dam, 24 January 1940 (no. 1700), for guilders 17.35; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam. |
| Paper size: | 160 x 246 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 110 x 145 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine appliqué on wove |
| 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: | very slight overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Trousers at right must have been larger; there is an effect like te soft grain of mezzotint around the bottom line of the trouser and feet. |
| 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: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0250147 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.