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

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8415
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10477  

 

Paper size:455 x 621 mm  
Plate mark size:  
Note on size:the sheet folded in half horizontally  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:full wrapper for the French Set  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Traces of tone near the plate edges.  
Note on foul biting:With new foul biting or etched texture on sky.  
Print note:note buff paper colour  

 

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:no  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'See / C27800A.' at lower left on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'12' (circled) at upper right on the recto '//' at lower right on the recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0250120  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.