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La Mère Gérard

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: M9532
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Simes  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Mrs William Simes to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA.  

 

Paper size:221 x 140 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 89 mm  
Note on size: margins  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):modern laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The area over the inscription is slightly grainy and mucky looking.  

 

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:'aobi' recto; verso, 'No. 2', 'La Mere Gérard'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0110422  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.