# The Caress

By [Mary Cassatt](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/mary-cassatt.md>), c. 1891.

## Details

- Medium: drypoint on laid paper
- Dimensions: plate: 19.69 × 14.61 cm (7 3/4 × 5 3/4 in.) sheet: 35.1 × 19.8 cm (13 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/1066-caress>)

- Categories: Print, Works on Paper
- Styles: [Impressionism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/impressionism.md>)

## Image

![A mother cradles a baby who looks up at her, their profiles outlined with delicate etched lines.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-90115b3120c19c9b/full.jpg?v=9abf98dcbbf2d003d38bfbd08e31a41f4771b570f82e340620abf1624ddc2cc7>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift of Miss Elisabeth Achelis, 1942.6.31. CC0 Open Access.
- Gift of Miss Elisabeth Achelis
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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