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Description: | Unmounted (1) s. in plate; b.r. "Whistler 1859."
(2) inscr. on flyleaf of volume; "S. t 434 / 789 / R Dunthorne"
(3) inscr. on binding of volume; "WHISTLER'S ETCHINGS" CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PUB Fine Art Society; (London) "Finette" was drawn by Whistler in Paris during a period in 1859 when he was experimenting with full-length portraits. The low vantage point adopted by Whistler in his execution of the work enhances the central focus of the standing figure who dominates the picture space. Finette was a can-can dancer at the bal Bullier in Paris, and mistress to Whistler. In its original state, this etching was published by the Fine Art Society in 1879. This impression was taken from a cancelled plate and was bound in a volume with GLAHA 49975 - 50030, with a description by Rosalind Birnie Philip of how she came by them. This volume of cancelled impressions was formed as evidence that the plates themselves had been cancelled. The etching plate for this work is also in the Hunterian collection (GLAHA 50259). (See also GLAHA 46748/46799/49938 - 49971/49973/49974).
Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958. | 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 : CANCELLED PLATE : INTERIOR : PARIS : BALCONY : TOWNSCAPE : PANTHEON : DANCER : DOMINO : 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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