24La Mère GérardFogg Art Museum, HarvardAccession no: M9532 State: 4/4 |
| Collection credit: | Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Simes |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Given by Mrs William Simes to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA. |
| Paper size: | 221 x 140 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 89 mm |
| Note on size: | margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | tan |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | modern laid |
| 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: | slight overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The area over the inscription is slightly grainy and mucky looking. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 171.' ('J' reversed) |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'aobi' recto; verso, 'No. 2', 'La Mere Gérard' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0110422 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.