22The Title Page for 'Douze Eaux Fortes d'après Nature'Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 83.1.34 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Given by William Loring Andrews (1837-1927) to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1883. |
| Paper size: | 241 x 272 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 111 x 146 mm |
| Other size: | 109 x 146 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | tan on off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine appliqué on wove |
| Note on the paper: | warm grey paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | only seen at edges |
| Note on foul biting: | A few dots at bottom left, texturing on trousers. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | see inscription |
| 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: | '12' and '27' on recto; '#5' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0250119 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.