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Fumette

Print
1858 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Whistler (artist)
Place of origin
Paris (printed and published)

‘Fumette’, one of the 'Twelve Etchings from Nature', by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, also called 'The French Set'. 1858. Published in London by J. A. Whistler at 62 Sloane Street and in Paris at Imprimerie Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques 171. Signed in plate by the artist and lettered ‘Imp. Delâtre, Rue St Jacques 171’. Portrait of a dark-eyed young woman, crouching or seated, looking up towards us, holding her hat.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Fumette (generic title)
  • Twelve Etchings from Nature (series title)
  • The French Set (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching on India paper
India Paper
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
'Fumette', etching by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, from 'Twelve Etchings from Nature' or 'The French Set'; Paris, 1858.
Physical description
‘Fumette’, one of the 'Twelve Etchings from Nature', by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, also called 'The French Set'. 1858. Published in London by J. A. Whistler at 62 Sloane Street and in Paris at Imprimerie Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques 171. Signed in plate by the artist and lettered ‘Imp. Delâtre, Rue St Jacques 171’. Portrait of a dark-eyed young woman, crouching or seated, looking up towards us, holding her hat.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 16.2cm
  • Plate width: 10.8cm
  • Paper height: 43.5cm
  • Paper width: 30.3cm
Style
Realism
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Whistler' (Signed bottom right)
  • ‘Imp. Delâtre, Rue St Jacques 171’ (Lettered bottom left)
Object history
W. 18; K. 13, 4th state.
Subject depicted
Portrait
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No. 18.
  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No. 13, 4th state.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
19814

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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