James McNeill Whistler / Mother and Child, No. 1 / 1891 and 1895

James McNeill Whistler
Mother and Child, No. 1
1891 and 1895
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Creator Name: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
Creator Nationality: North American; American
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: American; 1834-1903 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Active Place: North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Name-CRT: James McNeill Whistler
Creator Name: Way, Thomas
Creator Nationality: European; British
Creator Role: Printer
Creator Dates/Places: English; 1837-1915 Europe,United Kingdom,Great Britain,England
Creator Active Place: Europe,United Kingdom,Great Britain,England
Creator Name-CRT: Thomas Way
Title: Mother and Child, No. 1
Title Type: preferred
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1891
Creation End Date: 1891
Creation Date: 1891 and 1895
Creation Place: North and Central America,North America,United States
Object Type: Prints
Classification Term: Lithograph
Materials and Techniques: Lithograph, from fine-grained transfer paper, in black ink, with scraping and stumping, on cream laid paper
Dimensions: image: 185 x 191; sheet: 284 x 228 mm
Inscriptions: Signed with butterfly on stone, upper left, in image
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1934.601
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Bryan Lathrop Collection
Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html
Subject Description: Young woman in diaphanous gown, seated and holding child in lap (probably one of the Pettigrew sisters and her niece)
Context: Whistler produced drawing in Paris in 1891 when making plans to work in color lithography with Lemercier. Drawing was left untransferred until given to Way in 1895.
AMICA ID: AIC_.1934.601
AMICA Library Year: 1998
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998

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