37Reading by LamplightFogg Art Museum, HarvardAccession no: 2005.284 |
| Collection credit: | Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Robert Rice (b. 1925). Given by Patricia Cornwell to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, 2005. |
| Paper size: | 312 x 209 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 159 x 117 mm |
| Note on size: | margin |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | modern laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | FORGE |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | slight overall tone, but wiped clean for the hand and book |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A good rich impression in warm black ink |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'J. Whistler' ('l' crossed as well as 't') |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | stamp of monogram 'RR', the first R reversed, in circle (Rice, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '6876' crossed out, and '18456'; '1st state 24' on verso; '1st state', '24' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0320108 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.