22The Title Page for 'Douze Eaux Fortes d'après Nature'Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.240 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 158 x 240 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 111 x 146 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | much debris - even distribution. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very light overall skim of plate tone, slightly heavier near left and right edges and in lower corners. |
| Note on foul biting: | Minor scattered with more extensive patches on back of child with shaded dress at left and on legs and feet of seated artist. |
| Print note: | Drypoint shading on artist's trouser legs, especially cross-hatched and diagonal lines on right leg, and on slightly curved horizontal drypoint lines beneath it. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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. Paris. Nov. 1858' |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | M. Smith records inscriptions from original secondary support: "W 20 a very fine Early proof - one of his very first" in graphite on verso by Seymour Haden; and "Seymour" in graphite on recto by Whistler. |
| Collector's mark: | 'S Haden' in graphite pencil on verso (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0250106 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.