G9062: The Mustard Seller

Identification and Creation

Object Number

G9062

People

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

Title

The Mustard Seller

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Twelve Etchings From Nature (French Set)
Original Language Title: La Marchande de Moutarde

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1858

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/280222

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on Japanese paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 15.8 x 9 cm (6 1/4 x 3 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: bottom margin, center, graphite, handwritten: numbers with small arc drawn above: 1082
• inscription: verso, lower left corner, graphite, handwritten: dealer inventory numbers (?): C14126/ ab5826'
• inscription: verso, left of center, graphite, handwritten: record of state and inventory number: third state of three/9972j
• inscription: verso, lower right corner, graphite, handwritten: initials: wo

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Pia Gallo, Sold to Fogg Art Museum.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

iii/v

Edition

Imp. Delâtre

Standard Reference Number

K. 22; Lochnan 54

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund

Object Number

G9062

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986
• 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/25/2024 - 07/15/2024

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