37Reading by LamplightLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 32 State: 2/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1949 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris; probably sold at auction, Sotheby, London, 30 April 1876 (lot 749), bought by Hogarth, £1.11.0. Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT. Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 1 March 1949. |
| Additional acq. no: | 49007-12 |
| Paper size: | 333 x 240 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 159 x 119 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff with blue fibres |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | liad |
| Note on the paper: | 'oatmeal' texture |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very light overall tone. |
| Note on foul biting: | As usual. |
| Print note: | A good impression in warm black ink; the detail on the bowl under the lamp is in drypoint. |
| 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: | 'PB' (Phillippe Burty, Lugt suppl. 413a); 'HW' (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a) on verso. |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c 2014-250' and 'c. 2613' at lower right on recto; 'c 2014-' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '2 Etat' and '(R.T. XXIV) Reading by lamplight' at lower left on the recto; 'first state.very rare' at lower left on the recto; 'K.32 I' (the roman numeral 1superscript' at lower centre on the verso; 'aff.15' in a circle, the aff in script, at lower right on the recto [not certain it is aff ??] |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0320105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.