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La Mère Gérard: P.2073-R

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Object information

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Titles

La Mère Gérard
Translated as: Mother Gerard
Twelve Etchings from Nature

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill

Entities

Categories

Measurements and weight

Height: 122 mm
Width: 83 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1921-12) by Knowles, Guy John Fenton

Dating

Production date: AD 1858

Note

From the series "Twelve Etchings from Nature" (The French Set).

Second state

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Whistler
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2073-R
Primary reference Number: 10131
Wedmore (Whistler): 9
Mansfield: 13 II
Kennedy: 11 II
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 4 February 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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