Mother and child reclining was originally intended as a lithograph, which may have been drawn in Paris in late October or early November 1891. 1 It is dated by comparison with the several drawings and lithographs including Mother and Child, No. 3 c052, Mother and Child, No. 2 c053 and Mother and Child, No. 4 c054. However, the pen drawing may have been done later (Whistler used purple ink during the period 1892-1894).

Mother and child reclining, The Hunterian

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1305) dated '1890/1894'.