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

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Accession no: 1943-30-1
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of Art (by exchange) for the William S. Pilling Collection, 1943.  

 

Paper size:308 x 438 mm  
Plate mark size:114 x 146 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:yellow  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine on plte paper  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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'  
Whistler's signature on paper:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Museum records and Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0250156  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.