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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) | ||
The copper plate has the stamp of the makers, 'HUGHES & KIMBER / MANUFACTURERS/ RED LION SQUARE / FLEET STREET / LONDON'. No other plates of this period are this size, although one is close in size (Seymour
[30]). The plate was steel-faced but not cancelled.
The plate was acquired by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) and is now in the Freer Gallery of Art. 6
The plate was acquired by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) and is now in the Freer Gallery of Art. 6
6: Acc. No. 1906.215.