24La Mère GérardColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.358 State: 1/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow; H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1902 (stock no. a 65615); listed by E. G. Kennedy (1910) as owned by Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, jr (1863-1912), Boston. Watson Bradley Dickerman (1846-1923). William P. Carl; bought by Peter Lunder, 13 February 2003; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007. |
| Additional acq. no: | 008.2003 |
| Paper size: | 127 x 85 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 127 x 85 mm |
| Note on size: | trimmed within platemark |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove [chine?] |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | clean wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'La Mere Gerard.' on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' (B.B. MacGeorge, L. 394); 'J.C' (T. J. Coolidge, Lugt 1429) stamps on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 65615' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'TJC / 466 / pair HWO' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0110103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.