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Old Woman and Child in Oval (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate), 1854–55, Etching; proof impression of the only state (Glasgow 1); this is a fragment cut from the upper portion of 'Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate' (Kennedy no. 1) by Whistler and mounted on a board with six other related fragments. Cited by Glasgow as the earliest known impression., oval sheet: 1 7/16 x 1 1/4 in. (3.7 x 3.1 cm) (fragment cut from the upper portion of 'Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate'), Prints, James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London), Whistler made his first etching while employed as a draftsman at the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington, D.C., between 1854 and 1855. A staff member taught him the technique and supplied him with a copper plate, on which he etched topographic renderings of coastlines, then sketched freely drawing figures.

Old Woman and Child in Oval (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate), 1854–55, Etching; proof impression of the only state (Glasgow 1); this is a fragment cut from the upper portion of 'Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate' (Kennedy no. 1) by Whistler and mounted on a board with six other related fragments. Cited by Glasgow as the earliest known impression., oval sheet: 1 7/16 x 1 1/4 in. (3.7 x 3.1 cm) (fragment cut from the upper portion of 'Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate'), Prints, James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London), Whistler made his first etching while employed as a draftsman at the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington, D.C., between 1854 and 1855. A staff member taught him the technique and supplied him with a copper plate, on which he etched topographic renderings of coastlines, then sketched freely drawing figures.
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Old Woman and Child in Oval (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate), 1854–55, Etching; proof impression of the only state (Glasgow 1); this is a fragment cut from the upper portion of 'Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate' (Kennedy no. 1) by Whistler and mounted on a board with six other related fragments. Cited by Glasgow as the earliest known impression., oval sheet: 1 7/16 x 1 1/4 in. (3.7 x 3.1 cm) (fragment cut from the upper portion of 'Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate'), Prints, James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London), Whistler made his first etching while employed as a draftsman at the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington, D.C., between 1854 and 1855. A staff member taught him the technique and supplied him with a copper plate, on which he etched topographic renderings of coastlines, then sketched freely drawing figures
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4425 x 5119 px | 64.8 MB
Print size:
37.5 x 43.3 cm | 14.8 x 17.1 in (300 dpi)
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