# In the Omnibus

**Mary Cassatt** (American, 1844–1926)  
1890–91  
color drypoint and aquatint  
Platemark: 36.6 x 26.8 cm (14 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1941.71. [The museum's record](https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.71).

## About this work

This print belongs to a series of color etchings created by Mary Cassatt between 1890 and 1891. Each was influenced by the artist's study of Japanese woodblock prints, especially in their use of flat planes of color and domestic subject matter. In the scene depicted here, a middle-class woman accompanies her nursemaid and child on errands throughout Paris. The group rides in an omnibus, a form of public transportation where different genders and classes could intermingle. While the nanny's attention stays focused on her young charge, the female subject appears distracted, gazing toward the world beyond.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

Mary Cassatt made this in 1890–91, aged about 46. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

### How it was made

- **Aquatint.** Resin dust is fused to the plate and bitten with acid, so the plate prints areas of tone, like a wash, rather than lines.
- **Drypoint.** Lines scratched straight into the plate with a needle throw up a ridge of metal, the burr, which holds ink and prints a soft, furred line. The burr wears down, so early impressions are the richest.

### [Mary Cassatt](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/mary-cassatt)

American, 1844–1926

## Facts

- Type: Print
- Culture: France
- The artist was about 46
- Real size: about 14 × 11 in (37 × 27 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Impressionism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/impressionism)
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

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