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James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Street at Saverne

Maker

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)
Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907), printer

Title

Street at Saverne
from the "French Set"

Year

1858

Medium

  • Etching and plate tone on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Etching and plate tone on laid paper

Materials

plate tone

Supports

  • medium weight cream Oriental laid paper

Dimensions

Plate/Image: 21 x 15.9 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Verso:in pencil in LL:a40955 ; in bottom center:Whistler:Street in SaverneK.19 V of 5In Plate--In LL:Whistler ; along bottom edge on right:Imp. Delatre Rue S.t Jacques

Marks: Stamped in brown brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle

Identification

State

3rd of 4

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Lyra Brown Nickerson

Object Number

16.169

Type

  • Prints

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)
Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907), printer
Street at Saverne; from the "French Set", 1858
Etching and plate tone on laid paper
Plate/Image: 21 x 15.9 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches)
Bequest of Lyra Brown Nickerson 16.169

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