Art, literature & history
Afternoon Tea Party
1890-1891
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- color drypoint, softground etching, and aquatint with touches of gold metallic paint on wove paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 34.8 x 26.4 cm (13 11/16 x 10 3/8 in.) sheet: 42.5 x 31.1 cm (16 3/4 x 12 1/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1963.10.256
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
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Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Afternoon Tea Party — Mary Cassatt. 1890-1891.
Medium: color drypoint, softground etching, and aquatint with touches of gold metallic paint on wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 34.8 x 26.4 cm (13 11/16 x 10 3/8 in.) sheet: 42.5 x 31.1 cm (16 3/4 x 12 1/4 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1963.10.256. Chester Dale Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.