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

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.241
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:135 x 171 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 148 mm  
Note on size:with small margins  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:blue  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:cut down from original wrapper of French Set; little debris, even distribution  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:faint overall skim of plate tone, slightly heavier near left and right edges and in lower corners  
Note on foul biting:minor scattered with more extensive patches on back of child with shaded dress at left and on legs and feet of seated artist  
Print note:Drypoint shading on artist's trouser legs, especially cross-hatched and diagonal lines on right leg, and on slightly curved horizontal drypoint lines beneath it.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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:0  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:M. Smith records previous existence of inscription "S.H." In graphite on etching's margin. It was erased 1924.03.29.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0250133  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.