Whistler's Mother

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James McNeill Whistler

Title

Whistler's Mother

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1871

Medium

Drypoint with foul biting, with scraped and drypoint cancellation, in black ink on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 25.3 × 15.5 cm (10 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet, sight, bound: 37.7 × 24.1 cm (14 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Walter S. Brewster

Reference Number

1933.774.43

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