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La Mère Gérard

Print
1858 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Whistler (maker)
Place of origin
Paris (printed and published)

'La Mère Gérard', one of the 'Twelve Etchings from Nature', by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, also called 'The French Set'. 1858. Published in London by J. A. Whistler at 62 Sloane Street and in Paris at Imprimerie Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques 171. Signed in plate by the artist and lettered ‘Imp. Delâtre, Rue St Jacques 171’. Portrait of an older French woman, standing turned slightly to the right, wearing a bonnet and short cloak.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • La Mère Gérard (generic title)
  • Twelve Etchings from Nature (series title)
  • The French Set (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching on India paper
India Paper
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
'La Mère Gérard', etching by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, from 'Twelve Etchings from Nature' or 'The French Set'; 1858.
Physical description
'La Mère Gérard', one of the 'Twelve Etchings from Nature', by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, also called 'The French Set'. 1858. Published in London by J. A. Whistler at 62 Sloane Street and in Paris at Imprimerie Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques 171. Signed in plate by the artist and lettered ‘Imp. Delâtre, Rue St Jacques 171’. Portrait of an older French woman, standing turned slightly to the right, wearing a bonnet and short cloak.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.2cm
  • Width: 8.9cm
Style
Realism
Marks and inscriptions
  • ‘Whistler’

    Note
    Signed in plate bottom left

  • ‘Imp. Delâtre, Rue St Jacques 171’

    Note
    Lettered bottom middle

Object history
W.9; K.11, 4th state.
Subject depicted
Portraits
Place depicted
France
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No.9.
  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No.11.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
19808

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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