37Reading by LamplightFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.247 State: 3/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 248 x 192 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 159 x 119 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1880); little debris - even distribution, page taken from book, horizontal chain lines. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial: Post Horn |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | With plate tone on shadows and shading, the central image area clean-wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | Small areas near top plate mark and larger areas below cup and saucer, behind chairback and on light, arched wall area around figure's head. |
| Print note: | A good impression, with a little burr, a rather odd blurring of lines, and of shading; perhaps the drypoint is breaking down? Or, it has etched deeper at the joining of two etched lines. |
| 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: | M. Smith records previously existing inscription "S.H." in graphite on etching's margin. It was erased 1924.03.29. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W25' on verso by C. L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0320204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.