24La Mère GérardBritish MuseumAccession no: 1876.11.11.510 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris; sold at auction, Sotheby, London, 30 April 1876 (lot 730), bought by Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (ca 1840 - d.1892), £2.10.0. Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1876. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49115 |
| Paper size: | 162 x 123 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 130 x 90 - 128 at right! mm |
| Note on size: | confirmed size - noticeably bigger |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove (sight) |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no (sight) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| 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: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | red stamp on recto - cut off at bottom left corner |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0110202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.