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

Ackland Art Museum
Accession no: 2010.3.336
State: 1/1

Collection credit:The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection, 2010.  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given to the Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, by Joseph F. McCrindle, 2010.  

 

Paper size:195 x 259 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 147 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory on off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine on wove plate paper  
Note on the paper:chine collé  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very pale overall  
Note on foul biting:as usual  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:  
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:  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'c. 354026' (?) at lower right recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:Kennedy number and title at lower left recto; 'RI No 1' at lower centre verso; '8' (encircled) at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0250163  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.