Venus |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.295) | |
| Number: | 60 | |
| Date: | 1859 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 153 x 230 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler.' at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | '1859.' at lower left | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 27 | |
| Catalogues: | K.59; M.59; T.27; W.56 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (27) | ||
The copper plate bears the maker's stamp of 'HUGHES & KIMBER / MANUFACTURERS/ RED LION SQUARE / FLEET STREET / LONDON'. The same stamp appears on three London plates of 1859 of the same size, Thames Police [53], Stevens' Boat Yard [56] and Black Lion Wharf [54] and several portraits, all of 1859-1860 including Fumette's Bent Head [58]. 10
The copper plate was steel-faced but not cancelled.
The plate was acquired by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in 1906. It is now in the Freer Gallery of Art. 11
The copper plate was steel-faced but not cancelled.
The plate was acquired by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in 1906. It is now in the Freer Gallery of Art. 11