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

Syracuse University Art Galleries
Accession no: 1963.1003
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Cloud Wampler (1895-1973), Syracuse, NY; given to the Syracuse University Art Galleries in 1963.  

 

Paper size:283 x 329 mm  
Plate mark size:111 x 146 mm  
Other size:110 x 146 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine collé on off white wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual  
Note on foul biting:at edges  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:  
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:butterfly at lower right  
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:pencil butterfly of the 1890s  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0250160  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.