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Description: | Royal (1) s. in plate; b.l. "Whistler 1859"
(2) Inscr. below plate " W28/K50 II Bibi Valentin S.2965/116" by Harold Wright (in pencil) CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) Whistler worked in Paris during the autumn of 1859. The majority of the etchings he made in this time were self-portraits or portraits of his friends and the sitter in this image is the child of a friend. In both "Bibi Valentin" and another etching in this collection, "Bibi Lalouette" (GLAHA 46742), Whistler's handling of line shows a new delicacy, very different from those etchings he made for 'The Thames Set'.
This etching was purchased by the University of Glasgow from Morrison, McChlery & Co., Glasgow on the 3rd May 1957. | 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: | CHILD : PORTRAIT : 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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