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La Mère Gérard

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: 19808
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Gift of Francis Seymour Haden.  
Image credit:Photo ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London  
Provenance:Presented with the 12 etchings of the 'French Set' (14 including the two title pages) by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London, to South Kensington Museum, 1 January 1861.  
Additional acq. no:EE.1A  

 

Paper size:n/a mm  
Plate mark size:122 x 89 mm  
Other size:chine collé 126 x 87 mm  
Note on size:mount stuck down so unable to determine paper size  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine applique on wove  
Note on the paper:mount stuck down so unable to examine paper properly  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:fairly even although slightly darker at edges, areas of woman's face and hand wiped more cleanly, but combining with paper to give a greyish tone  
Note on foul biting:foul biting around Delatre's inscription, also near edges  
Print note:A good clear impression, the ink appearing dark brown on this paper; burnishing out visible to right of the figure  

 

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:n/a  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:n/a  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:crowned 'NAL' stamp in black ink in bottom right corner within platemark on recto (V&A, Lugt 1957)  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:'19808.'in brown ink in lower right corner, within platemark; '19808' below platemark ib pencil (erased); both on recto.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0110416  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.