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

British Museum
Accession no: 1872-07-13-422
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Edmund Thomas (1842-1883) - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA49431  

 

Paper size:152 x 184 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 146 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:Paper stuck down on mount so unable to examine for watermarks.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:uneven, shadows created around the figures, the figuresthemselves are lighter  
Note on foul biting:slight foul biting at the edges.  
Print note:Etched granular tone over select figures, noticeably on the figure of Whistler (posed by Ernest Delannoy); pitting around the figures on the left; scrim marks around 'd'apres'  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:see inscriptions  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Douze / Eaux Fortes / d'apres [sic] Nature / par / James Whistler' (upper section); 'À. / Mon viel Ami Seymour Haden.' (lower edge)  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] 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:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0250138  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.