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

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.333
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Charles Sydenham Haden (1822-1898); sold at auction, Sotheby, London, 18 November 1931 (lot 103); P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1932; Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, 1954.  

 

Paper size:352 x 537 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 147 mm  
Note on size:appears to be trimmed  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:blue  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:This is the original wrapper for the French Set  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Very pale overall tone.  
Note on foul biting:Scattered flecks.  
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: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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'from the collection of the late Sir F. Seymour Haden's brother.' Inscribed on cover sheet in Harold Wright's hand, re. the French Set etchings; Wright also notes that the group from the C.S. Haden collection comprises 13 etchings, including the cover plate both in the set and on the set wrapper.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0250157  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.