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Reading by Lamplight

Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Accession no: P.8611
State: 4/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Dorothy E. Booth to the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 1961.  

 

Paper size:219 rt/222 lt x 197 top/200 bot mm  
Plate mark size:158 x 119 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:greyed ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japan laid down on wove?  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:some tone, wiped cleaner in centre  
Note on foul biting:in foreground and flecks on light area  
Print note:Slightly uneven though soft and rich on shadow on wall: rich blacks on figure and slightly grainy in foreground including cup.  

 

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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0320z03  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.