The Whistler book : a monograph of the life and position in art of James McNeill Whistler, together with a careful study of his more important works (1910)
ttle more about them, — how many wereprinted, whether they exist or not, or what hasbecome of the coppers. All I do know is thatin the case of the Thames set, long after Whis-tler or Delatre — I am not sure which — hadpulled a certain number of proofs, long afterthe plates had been steeled and… … In Quest of Line Expression 167 should purchase the copper plates, remove thelead facings and, if they were in condition,print as many as the plates would stand, or,if they were not, destroy the plates and sellthem; for even Whistlers destroyed copperplates have a value. The experiment wastried,…
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · Painters
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