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Cameo, No. 1 (Mother and Child)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.145
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Royal Collection, Windsor. Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:181 x 127 mm  
Plate mark size:176 x 127 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' (pre 1800)  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light residual tone, pale buff, look slightly (glow?)  
Note on foul biting:a scatter of dots  
Print note:good clear impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:butterfly' imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1889/90s: tab 30-40 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HBD' circular stamp (H.B.Dick); 'VR' crowned, oval stamp (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Mother & child', 'very rare' on verso, 'not in W'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3470106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.