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Auguste Delâtre, Printer

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 37.2488 f01
State: C/1

Collection credit:Bequest of William A. Sargent.  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Published in a set of cancelled plates by the Fine Art Society, 1979. Thomas Glen Arthur (1857-1907), Scotland, by 29 October 1887. Weyhe Gallery, New York; acquired by William A. Sargent (1858-1936) in 1918; bequeathed to Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1937.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'J. Whistler.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Homage / à Mme Delatre.'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:  
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):  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:'T.G.A[rthur]' inscription in album, dated 29 October 1887. Graphite inscription on front flyleaf, 'Mons. Thibadeau tells me that these plates were sold at the sale when Whistler was made a bankrupt, and, as T. puts it, were scratched over by W. to defraud his creditors - they were then bought by the Fine Arts Society Bond St. from whom Thibadeau acquired them - he has more recently got several other plates in the same condition, among which are several others … also undescribed by Wedmore. 29 oct '87 T.G.A. '89 Thibadeau [billed?] from Creditors Contains 11 etchings, the only impressions of which are from the cancelled plates.' Graphite inscription on front pastedown 'bought 188[8?] Thiobadeau L.L.'  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K0260209  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.