James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1834-1903.
Annie Seated. 1858. Etching and drypoint. Kennedy 30.ii. 5 3/4 x 3 3/4. Series: Twelve Etchings from Nature. Illustrated: Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress; Lumsden, The Art of Etching; Keppel, The Golden Age of Engraving. Signed in the plate. A fine impression on cream laid paper with wide margins. $3,000.
One of the most charming of Whistler's early etchings, this portrait study of study of Annie Haden was etched around 1859. The etching is not to be found among the Twelve Etchings from Nature, having only been available as an independent print. Annie Haden was the eldest daughter of Whistler's half-sister, Deborah and the famous etcher, Sir Francis Seymour Haden. At the time of this etching, she would have been about 10 or 12 years old.
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