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Reading by Lamplight

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Accession no: 91.561
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Gift of Dr and Mrs Helmut Wakeham  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Gift of Mr and Mrs Helmut Wakeham to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1991.  

 

Paper size:206 x 327 mm  
Plate mark size:144 x 217 mm  
Other size:framed: 20 1/4 x 16 1/4 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique'  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, wiped clear on lamp  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:dense inking  

 

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:'v10', '3699' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0320226  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.