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La Rétameuse: P.271-1954

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Object information

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Titles

La Rétameuse
Translated as: The Tinker
Twelve Etchings from Nature

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
Printer: Delâtre

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1954-10) by Knowles, Guy John Fenton

Dating

Production date: AD 1858 : Published in 1858

Note

From the series "Twelve Etchings from Nature" (The French Set)

Second state

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of Japanese paper
Plate Height 112 mm Width 90 mm
Sheet Height 391 mm Width 227 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Whistler
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Imp. Delâtre. Rue St. Jacques 171
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: WP/4 / P/M- / McNeil Whistler
  • Location: Sheet lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: La Retameuse.
  • Location: Sheet lower centre
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Proof before letters
  • Location: Sheet lower right
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.271-1954
Primary reference Number: 10078
Wedmore (Whistler): 5
Mansfield: 11 II
Kennedy: 14 II
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 4 February 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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