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The old rag-seller
(La Vieille aux Loques)
(1858); printed 1858
plate from Douze Eaux-fortes d'aprés nature (Twelve etchings after nature or The French set)
Medium
etching printed on chine paper
Measurements
20.8 × 14.8 cm (image and plate) 22.3 × 15.8 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1959
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Glasgow 27 iii/iv; Kennedy 21 ii/iii; Mansfield 21; Wedmore 14
Edition
3rd of 4 states
Printing/Publishing
printed by Auguste Delâtre, Paris
Inscription
printed (diagonally) in ink (in image) l.c.r.: Whistler
printed in ink (in image) l.c.r.: Imp. Delatre. Rue St. (t in superscript over . ) Jacques. 171
Accession Number
129-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Daily Life Human Figures Labour, Industry and Machinery
Subjects (specific)
bonnets (hats) labour proletariat ragpickers seated figures women (female humans)