# The Picture Book (No. 1)

By [Mary Cassatt](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/mary-cassatt.md>), c. 1901.

## Details

- Medium: graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions: sheet: 31.3 × 20.2 cm (12 5/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/42954-picture-book-no-1>)

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

## Image

![A woman and a child sit close together with an open picture book in a delicate pencil drawing.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-a10642c840bf4e94/full.jpg?v=bbd9764f0a183b526d10b44aa06895302a89bd9c4d2fa0235768e7e0959f6601>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rosenwald Collection, 1954.12.10. CC0 Open Access.
- Rosenwald Collection
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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