R217NA: J. Becquet, Sculptor

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R217NA

People

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)

Title

J. Becquet, Sculptor

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The Fiddler (Becquet)
Series/Book Title: A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects, 1871

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1859

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/250097

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and drypoint printed with considerable late tone at lower left and right in black ink on yellowish Japanese paper

Technique

Etching and drypoint

Dimensions

plate: 25.7 × 19.3 cm (10 1/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
sheet: 28.2 × 21.3 cm (11 1/8 × 8 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: [butterfly] imp [imprimé]
• inscription: lower sheet margin just below platemark, left of center, graphite: [butterfly] imp.
• inscription: verso, lower right corner, graphite: Trial proof - / [butterfly]
• inscription: verso, lower left corner, graphite: 217.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

H. Wunderlich and Co..

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, John Witt Randall Fund

Object Number

R217NA

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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