Charles Albert Waltner and Sir John Everett Millais

The Widow's Mite

Charles Albert Waltner's original etching, "The Widow's Mite" is based upon a design by Sir John Everett Millais. It is a proof before title printed upon fine, laid paper and with full margins as published by Thomas Agnew & Sons in London in 1880. This impression is signed in the plate along the lower margin by both Charles Waltner and John Everett Millais. "The Widow's Mite" is a fine, original example of the famous art of Charles Albert Waltner and Sir John Everett Millais.

Original Etching by Charles Albert Waltner designed by Sir John Everett Millais.

The Widow's Mite

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1880

Charles Albert Waltner (Paris, 1846 - 1925)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Publisher	-
01-		The Pickwick Club by Charles Albert Waltner designed by C. Green.	Original Etching	1893	Signed in the plate along the lower margin by C. Green. Published by George Barrie, Philadelphia	Sold
02.-		The Widow's Mite by Charles Albert Waltner designed by Sir John Everett Millais.	Original Etching	1880	Signed in the plate along the lower margin by both Charles Albert Waltner and Sir John Everett Millais. Published by Thomas Agnew & Sons, London

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Sir John Everett Millais (Southampton, 1829 - London, 1896)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Publisher
01-		Summer Indolence designed and etched by Sir John Everett Millais.	Original Etching	1861	Contains the artists name 'J.E. Millais' printed below the image to the lower right. Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets

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Title:	The Widow's Mite
Engraver:	Waltner, Charles Albert (Paris, 1846 - 1925)
Designer:	Millais, John Everett (Southampton, 1829 - London, 1896)
Date:	1880
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	Thomas Agnew & Sons, London
Note:	Charles Albert Waltner: During the late nineteenth century the etchings of Charles Albert Waltner were equally well received in both Britain and France. His finely wrought interpretive etchings after contemporary paintings provided a serious challenge to the dominant style of mixed method engraving. Some painters, such as England's most famous genre artist, Sir John Everett Millais (1829-1896), preferred the effects achieved by Waltner and actively sought after his services. In total, Waltner etched over five Millais compositions, including The Widow's Mite.
	Charles Waltner studied art in Paris under Henriquel-Dupont, Gerome and Martinet. He first exhibited his etchings at the Paris Salon in 1870, and afterwards contributed to many major exhibitions. The French government appointed him a chevalier of the Legion d'honneur in 1882. Charles Albert Waltner also collaborated with the great French etcher, Felix Bracquemond, on several series of etchings. In 1900, he received the Grand Prize for his art from the Exposition Universelle.
	Sir John Everett Millais: A major Victorian era painter and illustrator, Sir John Everett Millais began his formal art studies in London at the age of nine. His artistic gifts were so obvious that two years later he entered the Royal Academy Schools. J. E. Millais exhibited his first painting at the Royal Academy in 1846, at the age of sixteen. In 1848 Millais joined Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti to form arguably the most influential British art movement of the nineteenth century -- the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Beginning around 1850, J. E. Millais devoted considerable energy to illustrating both books and weekly journals with his line drawings.
	Sir John Everett Millais was elected to the Royal Academy in 1863, created a Baronet in 1885, and was elected President of the Royal Academy in 1896. Institutions that house impressions of Summer Indolence include the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, Liverpool University Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Edition:	This impression of The Widow's Mite is a proof before title; meaning it is one of the first impressions taken from the plate before the version with the title appearing along the lower margin was published. Only such an early impression as this would contain such deep and rich etched lines as one sees here.
Size:	18 1/2 X 9 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon fine, laid paper and with full margins as published in London in 1880. Signed in the plate along the lower margin by both Waltner and Millais. A finely printed, proof impression and in excellent condition throughout. This original etching is a strong example of the famous art of Charles Albert Waltner.
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Charles Albert Waltner & Sir John Everett Millais

The Widow's Mite