James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Title to "The French Set", 1894-1895
Inventory # 51916
| Original etching on blue wove paper. Signed and titled in the plate by the artist "Douze Eaux Fortes d'apres Nature par James Whistler " (12 Etchings after nature by James Whistler) upper right. Annotated with the printer's name, address and date, in the plate, "Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. M. Paris. Nov. 1858" upper left. Dedicated in the plate, "À Mon viel Ami Seymour Hayden" (To my old friend Seymour Hayden) lower center. Printed on the original folio wrapper aside from impressions of a few earlier sets on light white plate paper. Printed by Delatre, Paris 1858. Published by the artist. |
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