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112

Reading a Book

Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession no: 1996.48.9118
State: C/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art  
Provenance:Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996.  

 

Paper size:232 x 162 mm  
Plate mark size:125 x 75 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very pale tone  
Note on foul biting:a few dots  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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 and museum records  
ID:K1110202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.