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Reading by Lamplight

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: E.17-1905
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Percy Thomas (1846-1922), London; bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, January 1905.  
Additional acq. no:EE.2A  

 

Paper size:n/a mm  
Plate mark size:161 x 117 mm  
Other size:chine collĂ© 159 x 116 mm  
Note on size:mount stuck down so unable to determine paper size  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:mount stuck down so unable to examine paper properly  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:?  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:uneven, plate wiped more cleanly around Deborah and the light from the lamp  
Note on foul biting:pitting on the table and to left of Deborah; slight foul biting at the lower left corner; roulette lines in the foreground  
Print note:mottled effect from wiping.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'J. Whistler.' [check]  
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:'NAL'partially erased stamp crossing platemark, lower right corner, recto, V&A (variation on Lugt 1958)  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0320223  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.