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

British Museum
Accession no: 1866-10-13-603
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris; sold to the British Museum, London, 1866.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA49392  

 

Paper size:210 x 239 mm  
Plate mark size:111 x 146 mm  
Other size:109 x 145 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine collé on 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:Light and even - slightly darker at right and left edges.  
Note on foul biting:Pitting, particularly around figure of Whistler (modelled on Ernest Delannoy) - well manipulated to suggest texture of trousers etc; foul biting around edges.  
Print note:slightly mottled effect from wiping, particularly noticeable on the left hand figures.  

 

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); 'Á [sic] / Mon viel [sic] 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:K0250140  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.