Auguste Delâtre

Auguste Delâtre

Item Information

Title:
Auguste Delâtre
Description:
A half-length portrait of a man of youthful appearance, with rather long hair, a moustache and an imperial, who is turned toward the left, but is looking to the front. In the right upper corner, "Homage à Mme. Delâtre. J. Whistler."
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Name on Item:
J. Whistler
Date:
[1858–1859]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Portrait prints
Cancellation proofs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Printers
Delâtre, Auguste, 1822-1907
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 9 x 6 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 26
Additional information accompanying item: Included in "Etchings by J. M. Whistler from the cancelled plates." Delâtre was the famous French printer of etchings, by whom the "Twelve Etchings from Nature," in their published states, and many others of Whistler's early etchings, were printed. He was born in 1822 and died in 1907.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
From an impression from the cancelled plate.
Identifier:
17_14_000053
Barcode:
36666000099057