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Description: | Royal (1) s. in plate; b.l. "Whistler"
(2) Inscr. in plate; b.r. "Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques."
(3) inscr. in pencil; v. "A881" 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. In the summer of 1858, Whistler planned a journey from France, through Alsace and up the Rhine, ending finally in Amsterdam where he would have the opportunity to see works by the great Dutch masters, including Rembrandt. When they reached Saverne Whistler made an elaborate drawing with pencil and coloured wash, annotated "Place St. Thomas", which was transposed to copper in the course of the journey, and given the title "Street at Saverne". There are very few modifications in the etching as Whistler remained remarkably faithful to the drawing. Lines describing the texture of the wall were incorporated and areas of wash were accurately translated into areas of densely hatched shadow. There is a preparatory watercolour for this etching called "A Daytime View", in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA (MacDonald 1995 (237)). (See also GLAHA 46703).
The etching was presented to the University of Glasgow by Dr. J. A. McCallum (1862-1948). | 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: | NOCTURNE : FRENCH SET : LAMPLIGHT : ALSACE : LANTERN : TOWNSCAPE : SAVERNE : WHISTLER CENTENARY : | 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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