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
G5719
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
J. Becquet, Sculptor
Other Titles
Former Title: The Fiddler (Becquet)
Series/Book Title: A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects, 1871
Original Language Title: Becquet
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1859
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279873

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint on off-white modern laid paper
Technique
Drypoint
Dimensions
sheet: 27.9 x 21.6 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.)
plate: 25.5 x 19.1 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: unsigned
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left corner, graphite:
    E. H. G. [Edward Hale Greenleaf (Lugt 5207)]
  • watermark: DE ERVEN D.k BLAUW
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    GRAY COLLECTION, / 5719 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Glasgow v/vi
Standard Reference Number
Kennedy 52; Glasgow 62

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G5719
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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