Print of man in cap holding string instrument
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A man sits facing the viewer. He has medium-length, messy, dark, curly hair and dark facial hair. He wears a cap on his head. He has large, dark eyes, and his lips are pressed together. The man’s head is more detailed than his body. He holds a stringed instrument with a narrow neck. The small size of the neck suggests it is a violin. There appear to be two sets of lines for the body of the violin, one set placing it toward the center of the man’s body and one placing it toward the left.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.281
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Becquet
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Cello Player
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1859
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/12481

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 16.9 x 13.9 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
sheet: 28.5 x 20.5 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r. margin in graphite pencil: Whistler
  • collector's mark: verso, red stamp.: RR [within an oval border line [Robert Rice, not in Lugt]
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, varous graphite inscriptions: K. 52 I / Becquet / o l[?] 7 1/2 x 33 1/2 / c 21395
  • inscription: drypint, lower edge, just to right of center: Whistler
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, at right, graphite: Whistler
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: IMBLKHH / 2005.281 / UWn[?]
  • collector's mark: verso, graphite: ERM [Emma Regina Martin, not in Lugt]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Emma Regina Martin.
Robert Rice.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Glasgow vi/vi
Standard Reference Number
Kennedy 52, Glasgow 62

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.281
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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