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Nursemaid and Child |  National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1943.3.8421) | |
| Number: | 42 | |
| Date: | 1859 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 99 x 134 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler' at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 35 | |
| Catalogues: | K.37; M.36; T.21; W.34 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (35) | ||
CATALOGUE RAISONNÉS
- Kennedy, Edward G., The Etched Work of Whistler, New York, 1910 (cat. no. 37) 'Nursemaid and Child'.
- Mansfield, Howard, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Chicago, 1909 (cat. no. 36) 'Nursemaid and Child'.
- Thomas, Ralph, A Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott MacNeil Whistler, London, 1874 (cat. no. 21) 'Nursemaid and Child'.
- Wedmore, Sir Frederick, Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue, London, 1886 (cat. no. 34) 'Nursemaid and Child'.
EXHIBITIONS 1855-1905
- Collection illustrative of the History and Practice of Etching. Lent and Catalogued by James Anderson Rose, Esq., of London, Liverpool, 1874 (cat. no. 514) 'Nursemaid and Child'.
- Etchings and Dry Points, The Union League Club, New York, 1881 (cat. nos. 51, 52) 'Nurse and Child (near Holloway)'.
- Exhibition of Etchings, Drypoints. and Lithographs by Whistler, H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, 1898 (cat. no. 33) 'Nursemaid and Child'. 1st and 2nd state.
- An Exhibition of Etchings and Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, The Caxton Club, 1900 (cat. no. 33).
- Exhibition of Etchings by James McNeill Whistler, Obach and Co., London, 1903 (cat. nos. 38, 39) 'Nursemaid and Child'.
- A Collection of Etchings and Dry Points by Whistler recently acquired, H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, 1903 (cat. no. 29a).
- Etchings and Dry-Points by James McNeill Whistler, The Grolier Club, New York, 1904 (cat. nos. 36a, b) 'Nursemaid and Child'.
- Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 34) 'Nursemaid and Child'.
REVIEWS 1855- 1905
- Cosmo Monhouse, 'Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a catalogue by Frederick Wedmore (Thibaudeau)', The Academy, 10 February 1887, p. 136.
GENERAL 1906- PRESENT
- Lochnan, Katharine A., The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1984 , pp. 74-76, 278, (no. 40).