24La Mère GérardMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession 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.