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Reading by Lamplight

Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.
Accession no: 1947.D1.284

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1947  

 

Paper size:224x183 mm  
Plate mark size:158x119 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:Lightweight ivory wove paper  
Tab?:  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:Two butterflies  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:DAC stamp in brown ink on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:lower left: '87 / a24124'; on verso, lower edge, centre '52740'  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K0320214  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.