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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R217NA
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
The Fiddler (Becquet)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects, 1871
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1859
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/250097

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 25.7 x 19.3 cm (10 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: [butterfly] imp [imprimé]
  • inscription: lower margin, left of center, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: signature: [butterfly] imp [imprimé]
  • inscription: verso, lower right corner, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: state and signature: Trial proof [butterfly]
  • inscription: verso, lower left corner, graphite, handwritten: dealer/collector inventory number (?): 217.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
H. Wunderlich and Co..

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iv/iv
Standard Reference Number
K. 52; Wed. 48

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, John Witt Randall Fund
Object Number
R217NA
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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