J. Becquet, Sculptor
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1859
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumEtching and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions25.4 x 19.1 cm (10 x 7 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.3.o.71
eMuseum ID726965
Original Number2.1.r.68
EmbARK ObjectID14005
TMS Source ID2839
Last Updated10/3/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesRalph Thomas. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott MacNeil Whistler (London, 1874), no. 54.
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 35, no. 48.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 33-34, no. 52.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), pp. 19-20, no. 52.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971), p. 14, no. 47, pl. IX..
Katharine A. Lochnan. The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984; Toronto: The Art Gallery of Ontario, 1985), pp. 103, 170, 278, no. 55.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 16, 30-31, no. 4.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "J. Becquet, Sculptor." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 79, accessed 13 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 35, no. 48.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 33-34, no. 52.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), pp. 19-20, no. 52.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971), p. 14, no. 47, pl. IX..
Katharine A. Lochnan. The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984; Toronto: The Art Gallery of Ontario, 1985), pp. 103, 170, 278, no. 55.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 16, 30-31, no. 4.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "J. Becquet, Sculptor." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 79, accessed 13 June 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesInscribed in plate (center left): Whistler 1861
Numbered in graphite (lower left): 5
Watermark: J Taylor
Numbered in graphite (lower left): 5
Watermark: J Taylor
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
