Inscription
"Whistler" lower left composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Imp. Delâtre. Rue St. Jacques. 171." lower center composition, in plate. artist's hand. "Mére Gerard" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "R5844" lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "a69823 [underlined] / amx-" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Marks and Labels
"LRJ" verso, black stamped ink, stamped twice. "National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink.
Provenance
(H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, stock no. a 69823). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia; gift to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.
Exhibition History
- 1931
- Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.
Bibliography
- 1910
- Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 11.
- 2012
- MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 24, iv/iv. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk
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