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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9531
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
In Full Sunshine
Other Titles
Original Language Title: En plein soleil
Series/Book Title: Twelve Etchings From Nature (French Set)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1858
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262923

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on yellow chine collé laid down on white wove paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
mounting sheet: 17.6 × 24.6 cm (6 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
yellow china paper: 10 × 13.2 cm (3 15/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
plate: 10.1 × 13.4 cm (4 × 5 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in plate, lower left: Whistler
  • inscription: lower left corner of mounting sheet, graphite: En plein soleil
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 74
  • inscription: lower left, ink, etched: Whistler
  • inscription: lower edge of plate, left of center: Imp Delatre Rue St Jacques 171.
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 9531 [Lugt 936]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. William Simes, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1938.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Glasgow iii/iii
Edition
Imp. Delâtre
Standard Reference Number
Kennedy 15, Glasgow 11

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Simes
Accession Year
1938
Object Number
M9531
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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