Soupe à trois sous |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.250) | |
| Number: | 64 | |
| Date: | 1859 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 152 x 228 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler. -' at upper right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 56 | |
| Catalogues: | K.49; M.49; T.25; W.27 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (56) | ||
Soupe à trois sous dates from 1859. According to Thomas: 'While he was etching this (Paris, 1859), at twelve o'clock at night, a gend'arme came up to him and wanted to know what he was doing. Whistler gave him the plate upside down, but officialism could make nothing of it'. 1
1: Thomas 1874[more] (cat. no. 25).
Paris subjects of this date are mostly portraits, including Bibi Valentin 034,
Bibi Lalouette 033,
J. Becquet, Sculptor 062,
Z. Astruc, Editor of 'L'Artiste' 036,
C. L. Drouet, Sculptor 035,
Fumette standing 059,
Fumette's Bent Head 058,
Finette 061 and
Venus 060, plus one cityscape, Isle de la Cité, Paris 063.