Cameo, No. 1. (Mother and Child.) / James McNeill Whistler
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- Accession Number
- 1954/1.400
- Title
- Cameo, No. 1. (Mother and Child.)
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper trimmed to platemark
- Object Creation Date
- 1891
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On plate, l.r.: Butterfly monogram Signed in pencil, on tab: Butterfly monogram and imp.
- Dimensions
- 17.7 cm x 12.9 cm (6 15/16 in. x 5 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Physical Description
- A young woman, dressed in diaphanous and flowing drapery and a scarf or kerchief over her hair, is seen sitting with legs crossed before a bed in which a child is lying. The woman is in profile, leaning to the right as she bring her face close to that of the child. The child is summarily sketched except for the head.
- Subject Matter
- According to the Glasgow catalogue raisonné, the sitter is possibly Rose Pettigrew and her baby niece, Edith. In the early 1890s, Whistler drew a number of works of draped female models, including in both etching and drypoint.
- Primary Keywords
- mother
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 939 x 1341
- File Size
- 129 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.400
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"Cameo, No. 1. (Mother and Child.); James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.400/1954_1.400.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 04, 2024.
