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C. L. Drouet, Sculptor

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © New York Public Library  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911).  

 

Paper size:327 x 244 mm  
Plate mark size:225 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japan  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:at the edges  
Print note:Very rich burr - amazingly dramatic proof; this is the impression of the first state illustrated by Kennedy  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1859.' and 'Whistler Maitre Eaufortier'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Drouet Sculpteur.'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler' on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Drouet -' on recto  
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:'Ch. Drouet / 3 juillet 1873' and 'signed for S. P. A.' in different hands on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0550101  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.