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 a 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 5/16 x 1 3/4 in. (3.4 x 4.4 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 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington, D.C., 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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Two Female Heads, Standing Figure, Sketches, Coast Survey Plate, 1854–55, Etching, proof impression, state, Glasgow 1, fragment cut, upper portion, Kennedy no, 1, Whistler, mounted, board, six, related fragments, Cited, Glasgow, earliest, impression, Sheet, 1 5/16 x 1 3/4, 3.4 4.4 cm, Prints, James McNeill Whistler, American, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1834–1903, London, first etching, employed, draftsman, U.S, Coast, Geodetic Survey, Washington, D.C, 1854, 1855, staff member taught, technique, supplied, copper plate, etched topographic, renderings, coastlines, sketched freely, drawing, figures
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