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Maker(s):

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill; printmaker; American artist, 1834-1903
Delâtre; printer

Name:

print

Date:

1858
Published in 1858

Production
Note(s):

From the series "Twelve Etchings from Nature" (The French Set)
Second state

Technique:

etching

Material(s):

black carbon ink; medium
Japanese paper; support

Dimension(s):

height, plate, 112, mm
width, plate, 90, mm
height, sheet, 391, mm
width, sheet, 227, mm

Acquisition:

given; 1954-10; Knowles, Guy John Fenton

Inscription(s):

signature; image lower right; printed; Whistler
signature; image lower left; printed; Imp. Delâtre. Rue St. Jacques 171
inscription; sheet lower left; graphite; WP/4 / P/M- / McNeil Whistler
title; sheet lower centre; graphite; La Retameuse.
inscription; sheet lower right; graphite; Proof before letters

Alternative
Number(s):

Wedmore (Whistler); 5; 1899
Mansfield; 11 II; 1909
Kennedy; 14 II; 1910

Exhibition(s):

Exhibition of works of art, given and bequeathed by the late G.J.F. Knowles. 1959-10-19 - 1960-01-31
Organiser: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Cambs.), UK
Venue: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Cambs.)

Etchings by James Abbott Mc Neill Whistler. 1971-03 - 1971-04
Organiser: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Cambs.), UK
Venue: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Cambs.)

Documentation:

Wedmore, Frederick. 1899. Whistler's etchings; a study and a catalogue.London?: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.

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P.2085-R; La Vieille aux Loques
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P.272-1954; La Mère Gérard
P.273-1954; Fumette
P.274-1954; Street at Saverne
P.275-1954; La Marchande de Moutarde
P.276-1954; The Title to the French Set
P.78-1959; En Plein Soleil

Accession:

Object Number: P.271-1954
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 10078; input: 2000-07-19; modified: 2013-05-10)

Permanent
Identifier:

http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/10078