The Elder Sister
Original Language TitleLa souer aînée
Artist
James Joseph Jacques Tissot
(French, 1836 - 1902)
Date1881
MediumEtching and drypoint
DimensionsImage: 11 3/8 × 6 1/16 inches (28.89 × 15.4 cm)
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 7/8 inches (37.47 × 27.61 cm)
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 7/8 inches (37.47 × 27.61 cm)
Credit LineGift of John Ittmann
Object number81-6
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Gallery LabelJames Tissot was a successful painter and printmaker known for his stylish depictions of everyday life. Unlike his earlier works, etchings like this from the 1880s bear the stamp of a new artistic source: photography. This print was based on a photograph of the artist’s mistress, Kathleen Newton, sitting on the steps of his studio with her niece, Lilian Hervey. Lilian later recounted that Tissot would pose his models and make a photograph, which he then used as the basis for his paintings and prints.
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