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Reading by Lamplight

British Museum
Accession no: 1930-04-12-42
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1930.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA49756  

 

Paper size:213 x 187 mm  
Plate mark size:160 x 119 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The left, right and lower edges are torn, the upper cut. There are a few red brown flecks. A close examination of the paper was prevented as the etching has been attached to the mount.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Not visible from recto.  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a mottled print tone in the foreground and background. The plate has been wiped cleanly around lamp and where light shed from lamp.  
Note on foul biting:There is foul biting around the edges, in the foreground and at the left side.  
Print note:There are stipple-effect lines in the foreground.  

 

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:none on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:none on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:none on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:none on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Etching by J. McNeill Whistler / Reading by Lamplight' on recto, below platemark; at lower left, below platemark, 'K.32 II'.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0320209  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.