Accession Number
1954/1.400

Title
Cameo, No. 1. (Mother and Child.)

Artist(s)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1891

Medium & Support
etching, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper trimmed to platemark

Dimensions
6 15/16 in. x 5 1/16 in. ( 17.7 cm x 12.9 cm )

Credit Line
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker

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.

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 brings her face close to that of the child. The child is summarily sketched except for the head.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
intaglio print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
drapery (representations)
infants
mother
mothers