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Seymour Haden, Jr, Seated | ||
Number: | 9 | |
Date: | 1857/1858 | |
Medium: | etching | |
Size: | 137 x 98 mm | |
Signed: | 'J Whistler' at lower left (obscured by shading) | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 3 | |
Known impressions: | 24 | |
Catalogues: | K.29; M.6; T.16; W.22 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (24) |
TECHNIQUE
This etching was drawn with considerable variety of line, from scrawling crossed zigzag lines for the shadows to regular shading and cross-hatching on the clothes and fine wavy lines for his hair. The signs of burnishing and scratches remain visible and provide a certain texture to the background. Some scratches - the one across the boy's arm and jacket for instance - are a little obtrusive, and it is surprining this was not removed.
PRINTING
It is very likely that early impressions were printed by Auguste Delâtre (1822-1907), and some impressions of the first state were acquired by French collectors (), or by Americans in Paris ().
They are on a variety of papers. First states are in black ink on cream laid paper with a partial watermark 'BARRY' (), on buff laid () and off-white laid with 'Auverne' watermark (). Several other laid papers have watermarks, such as a second state with 'A M' mark (), and third states with a hunting horn in a shield () and a 'modern' (post-1800) paper with a partial watermark, 'GR' (). In addition several are on Japanese paper (), laid Asian
(, ) and very thin Japan ().