The Title Page for "Douze Eaux Fortes d'après Nature"
1858
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903
James McNeill Whistler
Attributed to

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on buff wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 11.11 × 14.61 cm (4 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
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Accession Number
1943.3.8415
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 22, only state
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b-c); gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1931
Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.
1995
In Pursuit of the Butterfly: Portraits of James A. McNeil Whistler. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1995, 29, fig. 1.14.
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 25.
1995
Denker, Eric. In Pursuit of the Butterfly: Portraits of James A. McNeil Whistler. Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1995: 138, fig. 5:14.
2012
MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 22, only state. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk
Inscriptions
upper left in plate: Imp. Delâtre. Rue St. Jacques. 171. Paris. Nov. 1858; upper right to center in plate: Douze / Eaux Fortes / d'apres Nature / par / James Whistler; lower center in plate: À / Mon viel Ami Seymour Haden.
Watermarks
none
Wikidata ID
Q65021831