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La Mère Gérard

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.222
State: 3/4

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:228 x 171 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 - uneven distribution, horizontal chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:faint and unclear--possible row of letters with "IV" below  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale plate tone on the pavement area in the foreground  
Note on foul biting:minor, scattered  
Print note: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: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:M. Smith records previous existence of inscription "S.H." in graphite on etching's margin. It was erased on 1925.06.16.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W9- Proof before the printers address' on verso by C. L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0110304  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.