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Description: | Royal (1) s. in plate; b.l. "Whistler"
(2) inscr. in plate; b.l. "Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques.171."
(3) s. in pencil with butterfly; on tab
(4) inscr. in pencil; v. with a clover leaf [?] in a circle CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT DELATRE, Auguste; Paris (French; 1822-1907) This subject was printed as part of the 'French Set' - "Douze eaux-fortes d'apres nature" (Twelve Etchings from Nature) published by Auguste Delatre in 1858. Whistler?s Paris etchings, made during the summer of 1858, demonstrate his developing interest in realist art. His sitters were found in the lowest echelons of society: ragpickers, tinkers, flower-sellers and dress-makers, all of whom were favourite subjects with naturalist painters at the time. Fumette, also known as Eloise, was a milliner in the Latin Quarter of Paris, and mistress to Whistler. Here she is depicted in a crouched pose, with a slightly mocking smile on her face and darting look in her eye. Whistler made two other etchings of the sitter, "Fumette, Standing" (Kennedy 56) and "Fumette's Bent Head" (Kennedy 57). (See also GLAHA 46691).
Birnie Philip Gift, 1935, not lendable. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : FRENCH SET : PARIS : FUMETTE : WHISTLER CENTENARY : ELOISE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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