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112

Reading a Book

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 49943
State: C/2

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Dr Frederick Mulder, London; sold to the University of Glasgow, February 1972.  

 

Paper size:378 x 249 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 76 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight, particularly at the lower left corner and in the shadow around the figure.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Burr worn down; flecked.  

 

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:'Reading a Book. K.111', 'W 97' recto, below platemark.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1110302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.