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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M23098
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
"The Swan," Chelsea
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1872
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/252890

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 6.6 x 9.7 cm (2 5/8 x 3 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in plate, far right: geometric butterfly insignia
  • inscription: below bottom plate line, from left, graphite, handwritten: printer & place of printing: F. Goulding Imp..at S.R.M. Etching room
  • inscription: in plate, far right (in house), ink, impression, signed, in artist's hand: signature: geometric butterfly insignia

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Edition
Goulding print
Standard Reference Number
K. 98

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Gardner
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
M23098
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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