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Cameo, No. 1 (Mother and Child)

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 025.2011
State: 1/1

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:Descendants of the sculptor Charles Cary Rumsey and his wife, Mary Harriman Rumsey (1881-1934) daughter of railroad magnate E.H. Harriman, founder of The Junior League, and participant in the Roosevelt administration.  

 

Paper size:175 x 127 mm  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japan  
Note on the paper:Tissue fine Japan paper with fibres  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K3470z02  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.