J. Becquet, Sculptor | Harvard Art Museums

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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