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La Mère Gérard

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 83.1.35
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Gift of William Loring Andrews, 1883, transferred from the Library  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Given by William Loring Andrews to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1837-1920), New York, 1883.  

 

Paper size:247 x 194 mm  
Plate mark size:128 x 89 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:posthorn?, partial  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone, none at the corners.  
Note on foul biting:slight texturing at the corners  
Print note:a good impression but not as strong as K0110412; there are light burnishing marks at right  

 

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:'#6', '86', '9', '26' (twice), '46' (crossed out), '29' (crossed out), ' 6 1/3 x 8 1/8', all on recto in various hands  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0110429  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.