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Arthur Haden | ||
Number: | 66 | |
Date: | 1859 | |
Medium: | drypoint | |
Size: | 229 x 154 mm | |
Signed: | 'Whistler.' (2-final) at lower left | |
Inscribed: | '1869' at lower left (2-3); changed to '1859' (4) | |
Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
No. of States: | 4 | |
Known impressions: | 31 | |
Catalogues: | K.61; M.61; T.59; W.47 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (31) |
PUBLICATION
EXHIBITIONS
These were followed by a sequence of loan, dealer and international exhibitions. An impression belonging to Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924) was lent to the Glasgow International Exhibition, 1888 (probably
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The sitter's father, Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910), owned impressions of the first two states of Arthur Haden. They were exhibited by H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1898 and bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) (
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Several impressions were exhibited in the Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death, including the comprehensive exhibition at the Grolier Club in 1904, again, probably lent by Freer. Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) lent one to the Boston show in 1904, another was lent from the Royal Collection to the London show in 1905, and John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908) lent one to Rotterdam in 1906 (
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9: Liverpool 1874 (cat. no. 472); New York 1881 (cat. no. 68). See REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
10: Glasgow 1888 (cat. no. 2552-14).
11: New York 1898 (cat. no. 44).
12: New York 1898 (cat. no. 44) ; Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 45).
13: Philadelphia 1902 (cat. no. 947 (47).
14: Boston 1904 (cat. no. 41); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 47); Rotterdam 1906 (cat. no. 73).
SALES & COLLECTORS
A fine richly printed second state, with soft burr, was among the first group of Whistler's etchings to be sold to a public collection. It was among 16 etchings sold for a total of £10.10.10 by the sitter's father, Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910) to South Kensington Museum on 1 January 1861 (
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One impression returned to Whistler for signature about 1890 was acquired by Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), and later by Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935) and by Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937) (
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15: Wedmore 1886 A (cat. no. 47).
16: V&A Register of Prints, p. 32.
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17: Christie’s, 8-9 March 1892 (lot 328).