La Rétameuse (The Tinker) from the series "Douze eaux-fortes d'après nature (Twelve Etchings from Nature)"

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La Rétameuse (The Tinker) from the series "Douze eaux-fortes d'après nature (Twelve Etchings from Nature)"
La Rétameuse (The Tinker) from the series "Douze eaux-fortes d'après nature (Twelve Etchings from Nature)"
Artist/Maker (American, 1834 - 1903)
Publisher (French, 1822 - 1907)
Datepublished November 1858
MediumEtching
DimensionsPlate: 4 3/8 × 3 1/2 in. (11.1 × 8.9 cm) Sheet: 7 1/16 × 4 9/16 in. (17.9 × 11.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation
Object number1928.25
Not on view
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Alternate Titles Douze eaux-fortes d'apres nature (Twelve Etchings from Nature)
French Set
Exhibition History 1992
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Highlights of the Hamilton College Collection," June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 7).
Provenance 1928: Hamilton College (James Library), by gift of Carnegie Corporation.
Markings Marks: none noted.
Published References HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh cat. Clinton, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 1992, cat no. 7).
Signature Signed "Whistler" in plate at lower right.
Inscribed "Imp. Delatre. Rue. St Jacques. 171." in plate at lower left.
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