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The Title Page for 'Douze Eaux Fortes d'après Nature'

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: ?
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Gift of William Loring Andrews, 1883, transferred from the Library  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Given by William Loring Andrews (1837-1927) to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1883.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:111 x 146 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:MMA record states: 'early impression'.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:see inscriptions  
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. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 171. Paris. Nov. 1858'  
Whistler's signature on paper:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'par James Whistler'; in margin '27'  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K0250150  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.