37Reading by LamplightBoston Public LibraryAccession no: W 3225 State: 3/3 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Royal Collection, Windsor; sold to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 1906; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1906 (stock no. 41957); sold to collector coded '524' in stockbook, Harlow, 25 March 1930, for $48; acquired by Albert H. Wiggin (1868-1951), Boston for Boston Public Library, MA. |
| Paper size: | 237 x 185 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 158 x 118 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid, 'antique' |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Slight tone (retroussage) in shadows. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A delicate impression with drypoint on the lamp and hair; shadows not fully dark. |
| 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: | 'VR' oval stamp (Royal Collection, Windsor, Lugt 2535); pentagon stamp (Scholle, Lugt 2923a); 'WW.' |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 50716' [others erased] on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Reading by Lamplight W.25 2nd state / Woman reading' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0320225 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.