24La Mère GérardBritish MuseumAccession no: 1866.10.13.604 State: 4/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris; sold to the British Museum, London, 1866. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49186 |
| Paper size: | 200 x 138 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 89 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | sl. browned off no |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove (sight) |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no (sight) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light tone, more to the right centre, quite strong under the shadow at the right; the effect is of a warm brown/black |
| Note on foul biting: | there are flecks of light scratchings on the plate |
| Print note: | Slight flecks and textured marks around inscription possibly burnishing as well as etched lines |
| 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0110423 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.