Two Female Heads and Standing Figure (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate), James McNeill Whistler, 1854–55

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Two Female Heads and Standing Figure (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate), 1854–55, Etching; proof impression of the only state (Glasgow 1); this is an irregular 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., Sheet: 1 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( x 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 Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington, , 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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Size: 5143px × 3901px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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