# The Letter

By [Mary Cassatt](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/mary-cassatt.md>), 1890-1891.

## Details

- Medium: color softground etching, drypoint and aquatint on laid paper
- Dimensions: plate: 34.6 x 22.8 cm (13 5/8 x 9 in.) sheet: 43.6 x 30.3 cm (17 3/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/46726-letter>)

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

## Image

![We look slightly down onto a young woman sitting at a writing desk as she licks an envelope in this vertical, color print.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-6e653a6a422028f5/full.jpg?v=658a9aebf096284d2ce710806b1ab2abfe798930d0c90d05ef064f20daefa567>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.251. CC0 Open Access.
- Chester Dale Collection
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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