La mère Gérard

La mère Gérard

Item Information

Title:
La mère Gérard
Description:
An elderly French woman wearing an apron, a cap, and a pointed hood stands turned somewhat to the right, but looking toward the front. In her left hand she holds a large shawl. At the left, near the bottom of the skirt, "Whistler."
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Name on Item:
Whistler
Date:
[1858]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 13 x 9 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 11
Handwritten on item: One of twelve etchings from nature, French set.
Additional information accompanying item: An oil portrait of "La mère Gérard" is said to have been the first original picture painted by Whistler in Paris.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Fourth state of four.
"Imp. Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques, 171," in centre, at lower edge.
Identifier:
17_14_000039
W. 1177 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000188116