M9531: In Full Sunshine

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M9531

People

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

Title

In Full Sunshine

Other Titles

Original Language Title: En plein soleil
Series/Book Title: Twelve Etchings From Nature (French Set)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1858

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/262923

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on yellow chine collé laid down on white wove paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

mounting sheet: 17.6 × 24.6 cm (6 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
yellow china paper: 10 × 13.2 cm (3 15/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
plate: 10.1 × 13.4 cm (4 × 5 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in plate, lower left: Whistler
• inscription: lower left corner of mounting sheet, graphite: En plein soleil
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 74
• inscription: lower left, ink, etched: Whistler
• inscription: lower edge of plate, left of center: Imp Delatre Rue St Jacques 171.
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite:
  THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 9531 [Lugt 936]
  

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mrs. William Simes, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1938.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

Glasgow iii/iii

Edition

Imp. Delâtre

Standard Reference Number

Kennedy 15, Glasgow 11

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Simes

Accession Year

1938

Object Number

M9531

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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