Venus
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Venus, 1859. Etching, Sheet: 9 11/16 x 12 7/8 in. (24.6 x 32.7 cm) Image: 6 x 8 7/8 in. (15.2 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Emil Fuchs, 32.483. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Title
Venus
Date
1859
Medium
Etching
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 11/16 x 12 7/8 in. (24.6 x 32.7 cm) Image: 6 x 8 7/8 in. (15.2 x 22.5 cm)
Signatures
Etched at lower left: "Whistler. 1859"
Inscriptions
Inscribed in graphite at lower left of sheet, in Seymour Hayden's hand: "15 - Brilliant and very early impression - printed by Delatre / S.H."
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Emil Fuchs
Accession Number
32.483
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