The Tinsmith (La Rétameuse)

James Abbott McNeill Whistlerca. 1856-1858 (published 1859)

Details

Title: The Tinsmith (La Rétameuse)
Creator: James McNeill Whistler
Date Created: ca. 1856-1858 (published 1859)
Subject Keywords: labor
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “Whistler”; inscribed in plate, lower left: “Imp. Delâtre. Rue St. Jacques. 171”; inscribed in pencil, lower center margin: "La Retameuse/1st State" [incorrect]; inscribed in pencil, upper center margin: "No. 8"
Set or Series Title: Twelve Etchings from Nature (The French Set)
Print State: Fourth of four states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1941
Materials & Techniques: Etching on gold-tone chine collé
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: “The French Set” was published in 1858; this impression is from the English edition of 1859
Dimensions: 1903
Bibliography: Kennedy 14 iv/iv
Associated People: Created by James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)
Accession Number: 1941.D1.78

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