Most 18th-century French etchings were drawings transferred to copper, in which the effects of pencil, pen, or chalk were imitated.
In his tender "French Bed," a combination etching, drypoint and engraving of 1646, he depicts the nuptial pleasures of a couple.
The show includes such prime examples as Matisse's "Lettres Portugaises" of 1946 and Picasso's 31 etchings for the French naturalist Georges Buffon, which were printed in France in 1942.
Included, were copies of drawings and etchings by Russian, French and English artists who accompanied the likes of "Captain Cook," as well as modern maps, land surveys, geographical reports, and American laws defining Native Hawaiians as individuals having at least 50% Hawaiian blood.
Each show continues through May 20. "The Exotic Flower: Constructions of Femininity in Late 19th-Century French Art" features some 150 lithographs, etchings, pastels, posters, watercolors and woodcuts by artists like Pissarro, Rodin, Manet, Suzanne Valadon, Bonnard and Cassatt.
The Whistler portion of the show is notable for 30 vignettes of Venetian canals and doorways from his "Etchings of Venice" series; his "French Set" from his walking tour of France and Germany, and selections from his "Thames Set," showing life and work along the English river and its waterfront.
Despite countless developments and innovations within the medium, since the first permanent photo etching was made in 1822 by French inventor Nicéphore Niépce, photography has maintained a rather ubiquitous shape.
Blanzy coal, for instance, supplied the famous iron and steel works of Le Creusot, the subject of a curious etching from the 1780s by an anonymous French artist.
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The next moment, he is etching a heart into the clay surface at the French Open.
