# The Mirror

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

## Details

- Medium: drypoint on laid paper
- Dimensions: plate: 22.5 × 16.8 cm (8 7/8 × 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 30.5 × 23.7 cm (12 × 9 5/16 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/1067-mirror>)

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

## Image

![A woman holds a child beside a mirror that reflects their faces in a softly shaded monochrome print.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-88c40ab1bf2309c6/full.jpg?v=bf1eb53479d5719356c22987e59f10c87fcda2b6f8495e2fd57e051b5a326c35>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift of Miss Elisabeth Achelis, 1942.6.32. CC0 Open Access.
- Gift of Miss Elisabeth Achelis
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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