24La Mère GérardFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1890.10 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt, 18 January 1890), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, January 1890; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 167 x 120 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 128 x 90 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1800); much debris - even distribution, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | BARRY; cross with rounded corners on a pedestal |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | minor, scattered |
| Print note: | There are areas of short, soft vertical lines similar to plate tone, possibly as the result of cleaning or polishing the plate, at left and right on the wall. It is a good, interesting impression with distinct vertical scraping/burnishing marks visible behind horizontal shading to left of figure's skirt; similar, fainter marks to right of figure's shadow. |
| 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: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | M. Smith records previous existence of inscription "S.H." in graphite on margin. It was erased 1925.06.16. |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W9' and 'Before the address' on verso by C. L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0110303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.