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The Title to the French Set

Print
1858 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker

Title page to 'Twelve Etchings from Nature', by James Whistler, also called The French Set. Published in 1858 in London by J A Whistler at 62 Sloane Street and in Paris at Imprimerie Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques 171. Lettered in plate with the title, artist's name, publisher, date, and dedication. The page has hand-drawn and etched text at top and bottom framing a self-portrait of the artist sketching, his face shaded by a hat, surrounded by a group of children looking on.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • The Title to the French Set (generic title)
  • Twelve Etchings from Nature (series title)
  • The French Set (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching on India paper
Brief description
Title page to 'Twelve Etchings from Nature', by James Whistler, also called 'The French Set'. Published 1858.
Physical description
Title page to 'Twelve Etchings from Nature', by James Whistler, also called The French Set. Published in 1858 in London by J A Whistler at 62 Sloane Street and in Paris at Imprimerie Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques 171. Lettered in plate with the title, artist's name, publisher, date, and dedication. The page has hand-drawn and etched text at top and bottom framing a self-portrait of the artist sketching, his face shaded by a hat, surrounded by a group of children looking on.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.3cm
  • Width: 14.6cm
  • Sheet height: 390mm
  • Sheet width: 280mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Douze Eaux Fortes d'après Nature par James Whistler. Paris, Nov. 1858. / Á mon viel ami Seymour Haden' (Lettered in plate diagonally along the top with dedication at the bottom middle.)
  • 'Imp. Delâtre, Rue St Jacques 171' (Lettered in plate top left.)
Object history
Impression on the original paper wrapper of the set. W.20; K.25.
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No.20.
  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No.25.
  • pp. 23/4 James McNeill Whistler retrospective [Tokyo] : NHK/NHK Promotions Inc., c2014.
Collection
Accession number
19803A

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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