24La Mère GérardScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 855 State: 4/4 |
| Collection credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883-1968); bought from Mrs E. S. Lumsden by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1949. |
| Additional acq. no: | P.1756 |
| Paper size: | 209 x 135 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 127 x 89 mm |
| Note on size: | Some paper loss on the left side, not near image |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | Dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | thin 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Fleur-de-lys |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone, slight marks of flecking and burnishing |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Impression in warm black ink. |
| 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: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0110409 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.